Date:         Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:45:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: V-Belt tightness -- how to determine?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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On 08/24/2011 08:18 AM, David Beierl wrote:
> If the belt squeals when the weather is cold, recalibrate your thumb
> 21.47% tighter.

My thumb is only accurate to one decimal place. Should I round up, or down?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

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