[Shotimes] Alt/AC belt#`

[Tom Teixeira]

At 5:56 PM -0500 3/13/05, Dave Sasak wrote:
>Anyone have the part #, preferably in Goodyear, for the alt/AC belt for my 94
>MTX? Bought one (correct according to the Murray's book), and it's about an
>inch too short.
>
>Thanks
>Dave Sasak
>in snowy Cleveland

 From the archives: lots of people have the wrong part number.
- Tom

Subject: RE: Incorrect belt listing at NAPA
From: Sergio Perfetti <magooracing@webtv.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:52:24 EDT
To:  <tjt@world.std.com>
Cc:  <shotimes@topica.com>



Thomas Teixeira wrote:
>  At 07:17 PM 3/1/2000 +0000, Gary Morrell wrote:
>  >NAPA appears to have an incorrect listing for the alternator/AC
>  >accessory
>  >belt in their parts cross reference, both the printed version and CD ROM
>  >supplied to their newer stores. NAPA resells Gates belts, btw.
>  >
>  >NAPA lists the 1995 MTX alt/AC belt as a 25-060445, which is a 6-rib,
>  >44.5
>  >inch long belt. This is in error, the correct belt is 25-060455 (6-rib,
>  >45.5 inch long). You'll have a seriously tough time getting an inch too
>  >short belt over the pulleys. I didn't check 1989 thru 1994, so I don't
>  >know
>  >if these are wrong as well, but I suspect they are.
>
>  Yes, NAPA still lists 25-060445, and it's the wrong belt for 1994 MTX.
>  My
>  alternator belt shredded this morning, a week after replacing the
>  alternator (I'm pretty sure I put some nicks in the pulley trying to
>  remove
>  it to move it to the rebuilt alternator). I picked up a new belt at NAPA
>
>  today and spent an hour wrestling with it to no avail. I even thought I
>  checked the number against the old belt (but not side by side) and
>  didn't
>  notice the 445 instead of 455.
>
>  "Seriously tough" is an understatement...
>
>
>
>  Tom Teixeira                                  mailto:tjt@world.std.com
>  Blue 94 5-speed 90K,  Green 91+ 93K           http://world.std.com/~tjt
>

The Gates book also has it listed wrong as the K060445 for all years.

Sergio