That's a good fan belt story, but where's the Duct Tape??? Can't be a Red
Green Guy unless you've used Duct Tape to fix a race car (and I think a tad
more than taping a body panel back together is needed to qualify -
everybody's done that :))
Anybody rebuilt a clutch using duct tape? Fixed a motor mount? leaky
header?
Cheers, Brian (from up at the lodge today)
At 10:27 PM 04/05/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I would like to contest Brian's award. My fan belt story also happened
>in Canada. I was headed to Westwood, BC from Seattle to be a
>spectator. My trusty Morgan I broke a fan belt just after crossing the
>border. With no spare, I thought I was lost until a Morgan SS stopped.
>Seeing my problem he made a suggestion that I replace the broken fan
>belt with a pair of my wife's panty hose, stretched and knotted tight.
>It worked so well I passed many a gas station on my way home without
>replacing it. Oh, the Morgan and wife are both "ex's". Hated loosing
>that car.
>
>Murray Taylor wrote:
> >
> > Surely we must give Brian the "Red Green" Award of Achievement.
> >
> > Brian Evans wrote:
> > >
> > > I've used Gates belts as a matter of preference when I could get them. I
> > > used to like the green ones that had a full fabric cover. As a
> preference
> > > in non-stock I like the toothed belts - 1/2" gilmer type belt can
> transfer
> > > a lot of power and are almost foolproof.
> > >
> > > I say almost fool-proof because I was using them on a Mini once. I was
> > > setting the timing in broad daylight using a cheap timing light, held
> very
> > > close to the crank pulley running at 5,000 rpm. The metal shroud of the
> > > light caught the belt, and cut it right off so fast it was silly. So
> there
> > > I am, in St. Jovite (9 hour tow from home) just before the first practice
> > > on Saturday. No spare, and no industrial supplier in this quaint little
> > > tourist town. No stock pulleys in the paddock. What to do?
> > >
> > > The Mini gilmer belt setup uses a broad pulley on the waterpump, and a
> > > narrow pulley with guide rails on the crank. I went to the gas
> station at
> > > the track entrance and bought several normal fan belts that I thought
> might
> > > fit over the pulleys. The smallest one was too tight, the next size
> up had
> > > way too much slack to even think of working. I then got out the Canadian
> > > males best friend - Duct Tape. I wrapped a 1/2" thick layer of duct tape
> > > around the waterpump pulley, such that the fan belt would just barely fit
> > > over. I started the engine and the belt instantly pushed a v-belt shaped
> > > groove into the layers of duct tape! I ran the entire weekend using this
> > > and it worked perfectly!
> > >
> > > This is my best duct tape story, BTW...
> > >
> > > Am I the only one who evaluates the significance of a breakdown based on
> > > how far a tow I am from home and how early it is in the weekend?
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > At 12:23 PM 04/05/2000 -0400, Chad Raynal wrote:
> > > >Hello All,
> > > >
> > > >Wanted to ask if anybody has found a particular brand of fan belt
> (Gates,
> > > >Dayco, etc.) to do a better job than the rest.
> > > >
> > > >I found that a brand new Goodyear belt has way too much stretch at
> my first
> > > >track session this weekend. I replaced the belt with a Dayco that has
> > > >worked fine thus far, but I'd most surely replace it if someone has
> a better
> > > >suggestion.
> > > >
> > > >By the way, all pulleys are aligned to within a degree, and the
> alternator
> > > >pulley/shaft is true.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks in advance for any feedback.
> > > >
> > > >-Chad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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