[Fot] Early TR4 Street Car question

[Scott Janzen]

sounds good, but actually the belt on the car and the replacement are  
both massively thick (3/4" est.) with kind of a cogged look on the  
inside.
might have to undo an engine mount and jack it up.  Hope the exhaust  
doesn't pull off the manifold.  sometimes one little a project leads  
to another . . .

On Jul 16, 2009, at 10:28 PM, malaboge at aol.com wrote:

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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