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Old 19 February 2008, 11:36 PM
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Default Fanbelt with a re-located Alternator ??

What fan belt will i require now that i have moved the Alternator over in order accomodate my soon to be fitted Reversed inlet manifold

any help is greatly appreciated guys.



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Old 20 February 2008, 10:55 AM
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A shorter one?








Sorry that was no help at all was it!
Old 20 February 2008, 11:01 AM
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Last time I had to do this (on another car) I just got some string and wraped it round the pulleys and tied it off at the needed length.

Then I raided the shelf at my local motor factors to find a ribbed belt that was the correct length (using the string to compare).

Granted, a bit difficult these days as proper motor-factors that hold huge stock don't really exist anymore.
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i like your method shark man, i may know of a place that i can try

gpssti4 - i need a longer one actually, so the shorter one wasn't much help
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Originally Posted by Shark Man
Last time I had to do this (on another car) I just got some string and wraped it round the pulleys and tied it off at the needed length.

Then I raided the shelf at my local motor factors to find a ribbed belt that was the correct length (using the string to compare).

Granted, a bit difficult these days as proper motor-factors that hold huge stock don't really exist anymore.
I have a bizzare set up on my land rover (dual alternator) and I use the same method. My local motor factors couldn't help, but halfords had a shelf full of belts and i found one that worked fine
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Originally Posted by minty
i like your method shark man, i may know of a place that i can try

gpssti4 - i need a longer one actually, so the shorter one wasn't much help

I wouldn't brag about that
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Dont we all
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Next step is the belt tensioner, what have all you front entry guys used to tension the belt, or could i simply tension is using the alternator ?
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