<VV> Fan Belt Off warning buzzer

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Glad it's not just me! I felt really silly the first time, and even sillier 
the second, because I had failed to learn from the first!

Cheers

Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fan Belt Off warning buzzer


> It is even worse in a convert with the top down.  The sun just has to be 
> behind you, does not have to be low in the sky.
>
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> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Fan Belt Off warning buzzer
>
>
>>> If you trust your idiot light
>>
>> Trouble with the idiot light is that you can't always see it! I have 
>> thrown TWO belts while driving away from a low and setting sun, and the 
>> sun was shining over my shoulder onto the dashboard, making the idiot 
>> light totally invisible. In both cases the first sign of belt loss that I 
>> got was a hot smell, and it was only after I had pulled off the road (and 
>> shielded the light with my body) that I could see that it was on. 
>> Luckily, no damage seems to have been done either time (they were both 
>> several thousand miles ago), but it is worrying all the same!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Alan
>>
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