[Zeke]

Win, In the '80s,I had a 2.7 totally rebuilt here in CA at Andial. At first, I ran the pump with the belt off. Then I put the belt on for smog. Then, sometime later, I took the belt off. Pretty soon the pump was almost frozen. I kept asking Arnold at Andial what I am doing to the motor putting it on again, off again. He said no big deal but he also said that he was supposed to tell me to leave it on because of being licensed as an auto repair facility in CA. As far as I could tell, he didn't care if it was hooked up or not and I couldn't tell any difference either. I know this contradicts what JW said, but that is the way it was. In the end, I ran the belt. Owned the car for 15 years.