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I think the 'knock' on big, heavy belts are weight and vibration;
note later cars have thinner belts (but, 3/8" was apparently a
bridge too far).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/2021 10:48 AM,
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What's wrong with the original belt? Seems,if properly adjusted,
works just fine. It's available from AH Spares for $16.50 and is
a Midway B4317X (shown here). The only downside is if you wish to
concours your car, the writing on the belt may lose you a point.
Hank<br>
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From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
Cc: <br>
Sent: Sunday October 17 2021 10:24:30AM<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN2 Fan Belt<br>
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Can't find Ferodo V161; closest I found is VS1016 (cogged).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/2021 8:13 AM, Michael
Salter
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<div>As I recall the original belt for a 100 is a Ferodo
V161.
<div> I have been using a B-45 Gates belts which
sit a little lower in the pulley but don't contact the
bottom of
the pulley groove.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun., Oct. 17, 2021,
10:16
a.m. David P via Healeys, <<a moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
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<p>Gates belts has a belt for industrial equipment (non
automotive)
that is an excellent copy of the original.
Unfortunately I don't
remember the part number.. (gets worse with age). I
found it
googling their web pages.. B1 kinda rings a bell..
happy
hunting. DP<br>
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<div>On 10/17/2021 8:01 AM, Bob Spidell wrote:<br>
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<blockquote>I'm going to return it, with '8x10 colored
glossy photographs.'<br>
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<div>On 10/17/2021 6:43 AM, <a moz-do-not-send="true">warthodson@aol.com</a>
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<div style="color:#000000;font:12pt 'Comic Sans MS',
sans-serif;">Bob,
<div>The way the vendors find out about an issue
is if the customer
tells them. You should forward your message to
Moss.</div>
<div>Gary Hodson<br>
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From: Bob Spidell <a moz-do-not-send="true"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br>
To: Healeys <a moz-do-not-send="true"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
Sent: Sat, Oct 16, 2021 7:52 pm<br>
Subject: [Healeys] BN2 Fan Belt<br>
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<div><font size="2">I finally got around to
fixing my loose water
pump pulley and installing a new fan
belt. I ordered a 'cogged'
belt from Moss--part# 021-966--thinking
it might work better than
the original slab of rubber. I noticed
before installing that it
was narrower than the original type that
I'd had, which had rotted,
but it looked like it would work. Once I
started tensioning it
however, it was clear it <i>might</i>
work, but sat too low in the
pulleys, and was essentially riding on
the bottom of the pulley
grooves instead of on the sides (and the
angle of the sides of the
belt was incorrect). Anyone else tried
one of these?<br>
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I'm shocked, SHOCKED I TELL YA', that a
vendor would sell something
that could possibly work, but isn't
truly correct.<br>
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bs<br>
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