Neil Arlidge wrote: > 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
In a very similar way, I've successfully run the water pump from the crank pulley with a piece of string before now. These days, we always carry a spare (we have no other belts).
