<VV> belt problem due to excessive bragging

[Joe West]

On my 64 Spyder, I absolutely never have problems.  On my Son's 66 Corsa, he
has had one belt break and TWO belts roll over and eventually come off.  He
is on his fourth belt (NONE of the belts were new however, they were all
spares that came with his Corsa).  If his fourth belt rolls or has problems;
we'll be purchasing him a new one.  Luckily, he is now an EXPERT at keeping
his eye on the fan/alternator light <grin> and he UNDERSTANDS that red
lights mean something on older cars (unlike NEW cars where the check engine
light comes on if a 6 micron piece of dust enters the throttle body).

Joe


On 5/29/05 8:46 AM, "Vairdad at aol.com" <Vairdad at aol.com> wrote:

> The guy that wanted some questions answered about new corvair said he had
> bought a new belt to keep as a spare. I told him that was a good idea but if
> car 
>  was running good and belt tightened right, and all pulleys ok and lined up
> right  there should be no problem. Well this morning going to get cup of
> coffee(I know  I can make coffee at home but lot more fun to drive corvair to
> coffee 
> shop) gen  and fan light came on you guessed it belt off. over 30,000 mi on
> gold  convertible and 15,000 on yellow coupe, no problem till now. The belt
> came  off the coupe. When I first owned a corvair a lot of problems with belts
> I  
> thought most of problem was my fault. but I changed over to local flaps belt
> and  no problem till now. So donot brag and keep extra belt. Just curious how
> many on  list has problem with belts.
>  
> remember our fallen heroes
> Garland 
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