[Fot] Early TR4 Street Car question

[malaboge at aol.com]

Dude-
I'm so jealous...a "new" vintage car...wow
the clearance twixt rack and pulley may only be 3/8" and the belt 1" wide...?BUT it's?less than 3/8 thick...release the tension and pull the belt off straight forward and it will clear...if it doesn't, you're due for new motor mounts anyway as they have become oil impregnated (what ...on a British Car...say it isn't so) and have settled on down and will only cause grief in the next fortnight...
And NO...that humongous extension does not have to be removed to change a belt...

I need a good belt myself....
Nick in Nor Cal




So I am doing some maintenance on the 47,000 mile unrestored '61 TR 4  
I bought three years ago, and other than rebuilding brakes and  
changing fluids, I have basically just driven - who says old Brit cars  
aren't reliable?

Anyway, thought I'd change the ancient fan belt.  Does the fan  
extension shaft, attached by those six or eight crusty little bolts to  
the pulley, need to be removed in order to get the belt off?  The belt  
doesn't squeeze between the fan extension shaft and the top of the  
rack.  Seems like there is only about 3/8" clearance for a really  
thick belt.

Any cheater tricks?
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