Re: [DML] Re: Is there an alternate way to tension AC belt

[Stephen Rice <stevedmc@xxxxxxxxx>]

That sounds like an awesome idea but I'm bringing my car somewhere to
file an insurance claim for my screwed up radiator and possibly
condenser.  I'm hoping to have that belt in there this weekend so it
will be ready for any possible AC work.

Why don't we just wait and have the Captain Carburetor tech day a few
days before DCS?

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:30 AM, content22207 <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why don't I schedule a trip to Louisiana next month and bring the service truck. It carries a full compliment of 7mm helicoils and taps. If you've survived this long without A/C, you can survive another week or two.
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> Don't know if I'm an "ignorant, self-important lunatic" or not (if I have lost my mind, would I in fact even know that?), but I do have a history of driving from state to state helping people with their cars. Perhaps that is the definition of lunacy -- driving 800 miles to put in a couple of Helicoils. If so, I am indeed a lunatic -- Louie and I drove all the way down there just to put Helicoils in Farrar's heads.
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> I would bring your manifold with me, but it's already in UPS.
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> Bill Robertson
> #5939
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Stephen Rice <stevedmc@...> wrote:
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>> Several months ago I took my AC belt out of the car and the other day
>> I decided to put it back it.  Well, I'm having trouble getting the
>> thing to tighten because one of the bolts for the bracket will not
>> stay in the engine.  The threads are stripped and I really don't want
>> to tap the threads since the metal would end up in my engine.
>>
>> Has anyone ever ran into this, or better yet, is there a better way to
>> tension the belt rather than use the stock design?
>>
>> The picture below shows which bolt is completely loose.  The top bolt
>> feels as if its threads are giving way as well.  I'm afraid if I
>> tightening it too much its threads will give way as well.
>> http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s320x320/426916_10150728210865586_624210585_11832095_274403980_n.jpg
>>
>> --
>> Steve Rice
>> #16510
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