Date:         Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:50:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: My R134a experience
Comments: To: Bill Kasper <dragonlist@UBS.UCSC.EDU>
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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
>>
>>
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