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JoelP

posted on 19/10/22 at 11:46 AM Reply With Quote
Sizing an alternator belt

Afternoon all.

Got the car back from Glasgow eventually - home at 5am! Saved 600 over the cost of recovery at least....

Anyway, the problem was the alternator belt vanishing. How do you pick a size, given that the donor would have had power steering too? Just measure and guess?

It's a pinto, only has to go round the drive and the alternator.

Tempted to just guestimate and order a few!






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Fatgadget

posted on 19/10/22 at 12:28 PM Reply With Quote
Use a bit of string!...To work out length and therefore diameter.Voila.
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obfripper

posted on 19/10/22 at 12:48 PM Reply With Quote
10x863mm is for a pinto cortina, should be the same for yours.

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posted on 21/10/22 at 04:41 PM Reply With Quote
Here is how I did it :

https://vouchtroadster.blogspot.com/2013/06/modif-du-suppor t-dalternateur-custom.html

Beginning of the post does not concern the belt, so scroll down until you find date "15/04/2013" in yellow.

Hope that will help





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JoelP

posted on 21/10/22 at 07:15 PM Reply With Quote
I used a tape measure and ended up 2 inches short! Sorted now though.






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