Man, if I've told you once I've told you a million times "If you take BenT's advice you're likely to become a very unusual person...with a blown engine. Would I exaggerate? Mike
On 8/3/06 5:02 PM, "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@UBS.UCSC.EDU> wrote: > at the start of a three-week trip i had my alt belt fail, and lacked > the proper allen wrench to loosen the compressor pivot. called benT > and asked him if it would be ok to cut my ac belt to get the new alt > belt on. he said yeah, just cut it, and i did. got the alt belt on, > and in about ten miles the engine blew up. > > not really. > > i still haven't put the ac belt back on... > > fwiw. > bill > > On Aug 3, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote: > >> Michael Diehr wrote: >> >>> Is a compressor failure generally a trip-ending experience? >>> Or can you just turn off the AC and keep going? >> >> >> Definitely not trip-ending... worst case just remove the belt (or >> cut it >> if you're in a hurry). >> >> Geo >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/406 - Release Date: >> 8/2/2006 >> > > |
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