Richard Tanner wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Arlidge" >> I too have the same problem. >> In an emergency I would use the thin cable tie trick. > > Could you be so kind as to elaborate, i.e. What is the thin cable tie > trick? > > Richard Tanner > NB Unknowledgeable
After dropping a belt, in an emergency, long thing cable ties round the water pump and crankshaft pulleys will work for an hour or so, enough to get you somewhere safe on the tideway or out of the flow of say The Abbey River in Limerick http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T07_Imag/10_07_07/Img_1176.jpg On all plant / automotive engine marinisations the original waterpump/alternator belt is always on the inside of, in the case of a Beta 43, three belts and is a 20 minute job to remove the bracketry and other two belt and replace the waterpump belt, even for the experienced, with tools and belt to hand. -- Neil Arlidge NB Erne-west TNC...Going far west... http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
