David Massey wrote:
SNIP
> Years ago I drove my TR4 to work and it threw a belt. I went to the local
> tractor store and they could fix me up with any belt I wanted but they were
> all way too long. Right width, though.
My worst Triumph fanbelt story was when I was driving my TR4A from
Norfolk, VA to Portland, ME while pulling a pop-up camping trailer. I
threw a fanbelt a few hours into the trip, and (of course) my spare
fanbelt was so USED that it also wouldn't stay on for very long. I
managed to come up with something that would work (late at night, from a
kind soul).
We managed to turn a 14-hour trip into a 24-hour trip, and it was
raining almost all the way there.
When I got to my future in-laws' house, I found a perfect replacement
belt (Goodyear or Gates) hanging on the wall of the garage. I
understand this "garage" used to be a car repair shop, probably in the
1950's... Still had the pit in the floor, which I liked to utilize.
Keith Edwards
Suffolk, VA
http://www.norfolk.infi.net/~kedwards
1962 TR3B
1962 TR3B
1967 TR4A
1967 TR4A
1.5 Healey
1 Austin Princess Vanden Plas limo
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