In a message dated 3/22/2005 12:00:48 PM Central Standard Time,
tr3driver@comcast.net writes:
> That has certainly been my experience. I did eventually have the Cummins
> belt break, after about 5 years and maybe 50k miles but the NAPA I replaced
> it with has been going strong ever since. One local NAPA dealer had one in
> stock, the other took about a week to order the spare (that I've still never
> used).
>
I lost a fan belt on my TR4 (many years ago) and more recently on the TR3.
In both cases the bests were rather old and broke apart in the V-section
probably due to losing the additives that give the rubber extra suppleness.
Dave
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