Date:         Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:45:39 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Alternator belt tension
Comments: To: Robie Pierce <robie19@HOME.COM>
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At 07:45 PM 1/20/2002, Robie Pierce wrote:
>'91 Carat - New belt by my mechanic. Squeals like hell at start up. He
>claims most vanagons do.

Can't he do better than that?  At the dealer they'd say "ALL Vanagons do
[insert obvious malfunction here]."

Ah, at the Vanagon gatherings, I love the sound of massed belts squealing
as everyone starts up for the parade....

In other words, no.

>Claims if you over tighten you will be buying a
>new water pump.

That's true enough.  Try tightening it to the spec (1 cm depression with
your thumb on a brand-new belt, 1.5 cm if it's been used for more than five
minutes) and see what happens...

ref 27.21

david

>Any belt better than another? I used to put belt

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David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"