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Old 01-10-2011, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by thefordguy View Post
thanks for the support guys. I've actually never "built" a car, I've restored quite a few though and I do care. Today I built the seat brackets and got the door latches installed, and I found out my boss is too cheap to even buy a non shiny pulley that fits so I had to fabricate one for the water pump. It was hard to get it square. I cut a section out of an existing pulley and welded them back together.
You should not weld that pulley together. It has a good chance of coming apart (balance) and knocking off every other item on the front of not only the engine but also the steering.

Think about it. That thing is could be turning 5-6k+.
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