On 26/02/2020 13:54, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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On Wednesday, 26 February 2020 07:23:48 UTC, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/02/2020 21:56, mm0fmf wrote:
On 25/02/2020 21:29, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
If this just a fan belt make sure you have plenty of old tights handy.
If its more crucial, then don't take chances.
Brian

He doesn't wear them. Just his wife's panties.


shut it chebs....

can't believe using nylons as a temporary replacement ever
worked...and certainly not with modern flat grooved belts with
tensioners on the engine...

I used some rope one time, just tied it as tight as I could, there was
no tensioner wheel. It slipped a lot but got me there. Nylons might
perhaps have got the fan turning slowly, enough to make it overheat
slower than no fan.


I had a fan belt snap late one night in London. RAC failed to turn up. By
this time it was the wee small hours. So just drove home. Battery was up
to it. and the fan turned the pump to give enough water circulation to
prevent overheating. While moving above 15 mph or so. Wouldn't have got
away with it in the rush hour, though.


There was a time when snapped V-belts were a common sight on the
roadside, but now you never see them, and I never see the flat
multi-grooved ones either (*). Instead I see many half-moon
bits of broken coil springs on the side of the road.

(*) maybe they get trapped by the undertrays that a lot of
manufacturers fit on modern cars.