<VV> Spare fan belt for an A/C car

[Bill Hubbell]

Well, you DO have to remove the A/C belt to install the spare belt.  The 
whole point of this procedure is to get that extra work out of the way at a 
convenient time  - in the comfort of your driveway, as opposed to alongside 
a busy highway.

Here is how to do it:

1) Remove the Compressor belt.
2) Put the spare belt on as if you were going to install it on the crank 
pulley, except, since there is already a fan belt on the pulley, just let it 
sit there in the space between the crank and A/C pulleys.
3) Re-install the Compressor belt.
4) Now work the spare belt off of the crank pulleys and around to the stored 
position.   The left side of the belt will come out around the oil filter 
and end up on the outside (right side) of the compressor, while the right 
side of the belt will end up on the inside (left side) of the compressor.  I 
also had to unplug the High voltage lead between the coil and distributor 
and feed the belt under the points lead -- your experience may be different, 
depending on how you have mounted your coil and wires.  Once the belt is 
looped around the compressor, find a way to secure it and keep it out of the 
way of the belt and pulley.  I managed to loop mine around and under and 
then around the charge ports.  I added some split garden hoses to protect 
the belt from the heat of the compressor.

Now, in the event of a broken fan belt on the road, the spare belt can be 
installed without removing the A/C belt by reversing the movement above. 
The only extra step is unplugging and then plugging back in the high tension 
coil wire (easy).

This was just installed, so I have no real world experience with the 
results.

Bill Hubbell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>
To: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell@umich.edu>; <AirVair@yahoogroups.com>; "Virtual 
Vairs" <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Spare fan belt for an A/C car


> HOW do you get this stored belt down and around the pulley at the 
> crankshaft
> without first unshipping the A/C belt?
>     Have you ever "deployed" a belt so stored? You wouldn't have to cut 
> the
> existing fan belt - you could just move it "inboard" of the fan and crank
> pulleys.
>     I just don't see how this would work. Maybe your crank pulleys are set
> up differently from mine? Mine are stock.
>
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Bill Hubbell
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: <VV> Spare fan belt for an A/C car
>
>
> Oops:  Here is the link to the pictures:
>
> http://community.webshots.com/album/209202132TbbOCX
>
> (Sorry about that!)
>
> Bill Hubbell
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell@cox.net>
> To: <AirVair@yahoogroups.com>; "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:37 AM
> Subject: <VV> Spare fan belt for an A/C car
>
>
>> My so, Geoff, recently had a fan belt failure on his car, shortly after I
>> added Air Conditioning to it.  Of course, he now had the extra effort of
>> removing the compressor belt in order to install the replacement fan 
>> belt.
>> Afterwards, it occurred to me that there should be a way of installing 
>> and
>> storing the extra belt inside of the compressor belt, so in case of 
>> future
>> breakdowns it would not be necessary to remove the compressor belt.  It 
>> is
>> possible, and I have done so on his car.  the following site shows photos
>> of the storage of the belt -- this is for a 140 with Sanden Compressor,
>> using Rusty's mount -- storage will vary depending on your setup.
>>
>> Bill Hubbell
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