<VV> Generators vs Alternators Throwing Belts

[Lonny Clark]

I would never advocate going back to generator, I like my lights to work
when idling.

I was just adding my experience to say that loose belt is better than
tight, you won't get any looser than broken ear on the the generator. :)

Lonny Clark

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 6:40 PM, <hallgrenn at aol.com> wrote:

> I have a lot of respect for the early model Corvairs--they were  first
> Corvairs--the vanguard that changed so many ways of thinking about cars.
> I did things in my family's '61 700 4dr that no one in lesser vehicles
> could do.  But I still prefer my alternator LMs (and GB alternator
> conversion).  Are you suggesting that if an alternator is throwing belts
> that we strap 15 pounds of copper and steel on top to mimic the extra dead
> weight that an early carries around with it's generator?  :}
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lonny Clark via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com>
> Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 16, 2015 9:03 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Shop Manual, Corvair Basics Manual, VV
>
> I broke an ear off the generator of an early, and I drove it for months
> with
> the generator just laying on the top of the engine with one bolt in.
> And it did
> not throw a belt in that entire time, and that belt was old -
> like more that
> ten years old. You could pull it off without tools, but it
> would not jump off
> on its own.
>
> Conversely, a few years back I converted it to an alternator, it
> threw a
> belt the 3rd time I drove it (and overheated, and lost valve seat,
> and
> etc...)
>
> Lonny
>
> Lonny Clark
>
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