What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT

Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.

"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
eonecommunications...
What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT


I think I'll keep my fingers and do it the old fashion way.

Karl Townsend wrote:
"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
eonecommunications...
What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT


I think I'll keep my fingers and do it the old fashion way.

"Thanks Kelso, Rest In Peace."

Is it just me or does that line raise a question for you, too.

--Winston

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I'm still waiting for another sublime, transcendent flash of adequacy.

Winston wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:

"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
eonecommunications...

What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT


I think I'll keep my fingers and do it the old fashion way.


"Thanks Kelso, Rest In Peace."

Is it just me or does that line raise a question for you, too.

--Winston


Is it just me or did anyone else wonder about properly adjusting the
belt tension after the belt was changed?

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.

jeff_wisnia wrote:

(...)

Is it just me or did anyone else wonder about properly adjusting the
belt tension after the belt was changed?

Well yeah, but my first question was about the probable cause of
Kelso's passing. Sounds like it might have been a spectacular
mishap involving a rubber band.

My second concern was the damage incurred on the vee belt and generator
by the stress of popping the belt on the pulleys like that.

To quote Adam:
"That is just wrongity - wrong - wrong".

--Winston

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I'm still waiting for another sublime, transcendent flash of adequacy.

I prefer the Greyhound bus scheme I saw. The triple belts are tensioned
by an air cylinder with regulator pushing on the BIG alternator.

Shut off engine. Close air valve. Alternator slacks off, pull it
further. Pop off old belts if not gone. Install new set on pulleys and
crack valve, alternator seats them. Open valve, start bus.

About 2-3 minutes, maybe 5 to walk to front of bus and remove key, then
replace after.
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On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:36:12 -0400, jeff_wisnia
wrote:

Winston wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:

"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
eonecommunications...

What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT


I think I'll keep my fingers and do it the old fashion way.


"Thanks Kelso, Rest In Peace."

Is it just me or does that line raise a question for you, too.

--Winston


Is it just me or did anyone else wonder about properly adjusting the
belt tension after the belt was changed?

Jeff

You didn't adjust belt tension after the belt was changed. Belt
tension was governed by shims in the two-piece generator pulley.

Don Foreman wrote:

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:36:12 -0400, jeff_wisnia
wrote:


Winston wrote:


Karl Townsend wrote:


"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
hoiceonecommunications...


What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT


I think I'll keep my fingers and do it the old fashion way.


"Thanks Kelso, Rest In Peace."

Is it just me or does that line raise a question for you, too.

--Winston


Is it just me or did anyone else wonder about properly adjusting the
belt tension after the belt was changed?

Jeff


You didn't adjust belt tension after the belt was changed. Belt
tension was governed by shims in the two-piece generator pulley.

I'll try and remember that info, never having owned a Bug.

But, was it usual to not have to reset the number of shims in that pully
when replacing a well used belt with a new one?

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:36:12 -0400, the infamous jeff_wisnia
scrawled the following:

Winston wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:

"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
eonecommunications...

What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT


I think I'll keep my fingers and do it the old fashion way.


"Thanks Kelso, Rest In Peace."

Is it just me or does that line raise a question for you, too.

--Winston


Is it just me or did anyone else wonder about properly adjusting the
belt tension after the belt was changed?

Ayup, I did, immediately.

But...it's only a VubDubya.

Hell. I've seen the heads bouncing an inch off the barrels as they pop
down the street, both blown-out mufflers screeching loud enough to
drown out a Harpy in heat. Effin' things. I always did hate them.

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The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook

On 2009-10-17, jeff_wisnia wrote:
Winston wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:

"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
eonecommunications...

What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT


I think I'll keep my fingers and do it the old fashion way.


"Thanks Kelso, Rest In Peace."

Is it just me or does that line raise a question for you, too.

--Winston


Is it just me or did anyone else wonder about properly adjusting the
belt tension after the belt was changed?

I can't view it. It *insists* that I register with youtube
(something which I have not encountered on other videos there), and I
refuse to do that.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
eonecommunications...
What a way to win a bet!

http://www.youtube.com/user/VOLKSWAGNUT

Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.

Very same engine, 46 years ago, three fingers went around the top pulley,
with belt on. Working at a gas station at the time, fiddling with the
carburetor and not being careful. Right ring finger, second joint took the
brunt of the ordeal. Got away with it for decades, until 30 years later it
got arthritic. Now joint is about 20° out of alignment and does not match
the spacing of the piano keys. My other passion.

Ivan Vegvary

Very same engine, 46 years ago, three fingers went around the top pulley,
with belt on. Working at a gas station at the time, fiddling with the
carburetor and not being careful. Right ring finger, second joint took
the brunt of the ordeal. Got away with it for decades, until 30 years
later it got arthritic. Now joint is about 20° out of alignment and does
not match the spacing of the piano keys. My other passion.

Ivan Vegvary

This gitten old s^&t aint's for pussies. I got a shoulder I dislocated
playing football in high school, four fingers that got caught in a dump
truck end gate chain at 21,an arm I broke skiing at 23, and a middle finger
that I mashed the p*$$ out of at 30. All these spots give me more trouble
now than when they happened.

Karl