<VV> VirtualVairs Fan belt

[Jim Gammon]

it does look like a harmonic balancer, could that be because it is a spyder?

--- On Sat, 5/15/10, Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net> wrote:


From: Frank DuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> VirtualVairs Fan belt
To: "Jim Gammon" <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 8:14 PM


You don't perhaps have a harmonic balancer on this engine with 60-63 style rear mount parts, do you?

The harmonic balancer came out in 1964, and does not fit the rear mount/bracket etc. that came on a 1963  originally.

Pry and wiggle is my modus operandi when this happens. But you cannot pry the engine away from its own  mount...

Frank DuVal

Jim Gammon wrote:

> I unbolted the oil filter/generator mount/fuel pump casting to get the belt past it, there was perhaps 1/4" of room. The trick is now to get it past the rear engine mount. The problem was not the filter, but the casting was too close to the rear frame.
> 
> I didn't measure the belt. It is the NAPA belt that the NAPA book gave. I assume NAPA knows what they are doing? It is the right length, and looks to be 3/8 to 7/16 wide.
> 
> JimG NJ turbo 63 vair 
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