I carried Bando Belts back in the 80s at Sherwood Auto Parts when I dabbled in some Jap car parts and they were a decent quality belt of the time. But a lot of VW customers were turned off by the fact that Bando came from the Far East and you know how that mind-set would be. They were OE on Nissan/Datsun, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, etc. I had them on a 72 Toyota HiLux Pickup for years, no problems. Try it. You'll be our guinea pig Jack :) -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" 75 914 1.8 "Nancy" Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012 oldvolkshome@gmail.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835 *********************************** On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > A list member replied offline and suggested that I look at Bando's belts > to find a 9.5mm v-belt. > > Their automotive belt catalog* recommends their part number 2435 for my > 1.9 engine water pump/alternator belt and according to > <http://www.amazon.com/Bando-2435-Precision-Engineered-V-Belt/dp/B002EC9K3K>, > it is "0.38 x 43.5 inch or 9.5mm x 1100mm La" > > That seems to fill the bill for a proper 9.5mm belt. Anyone see any > reason not to use it? > > $8.57 + shipping > > ============== > <http://www.bandousa.com/html/pdfs/automotiveCatalog.pdf> > > > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. |
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