jollygreengiant
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 09:12 AM |
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Originally posted by GrumpyOne
Thanks folks, priceless stuff this.
Where is the best place to buy a custom drivebelt from, it's one of those three ridge jobs. I have searched the forum but haven't found
anything mentioned about drivebelts?
Cheers
Colin
Halfords would probably be your best bet, or a good Motor Factors (see previous post about getting friendly with local motor factors). Wind a piece of
string (tightly and only once) around all the pulleys that the belt needs to go around, and trim it so that the ends just touch. This length of string
will be the length of the belt that you will need and you measure the string in MM. Jot that length down on a piece of paper and leave 3 spaces at the
begining. At the begining write 3PK (3 = number of ribs, PK = rib belt). You should now have a number vaguely resembling either
3PK792
OR
3PK1142
The above number will be the part number of the belt that you require. If one is not availble the go to the next nearest size up that IS available.
Hope this helps.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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GrumpyOne
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 10:32 AM |
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Thanks JGG
Absolutly amazing, is there no question that stumps Locost builders 
Thanks
Colin
My wife is very understanding, she understands that if I am in the garage I am not in the house annoying her.
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GrumpyOne
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 10:41 AM |
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Last resort is to hire an engine crane.
Only downside is the car is so low, you cant always get the crane legs under the car!
It just needs some thinking about.
Thanks for this,
I have an engine hoist, the problem with the Scorpio is the engine comes out from underneath and to drop it out of the engine bay you have to take the
subframe out including the steering rack etc which means you can't move the car. I was going to build a trolley to take the engine when I
lowered it but there wasn't enough room to get it in and I couldn't get the car any higher.
Lesson learned though, never use a Scorpio as a donor again or get my wife to do the dragging 
Cheers
Colin
My wife is very understanding, she understands that if I am in the garage I am not in the house annoying her.
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