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Scouse
12th August 2009, 12:46 PM
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justinc
12th August 2009, 01:42 PM
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Thanks a million Scott saved me from tearing off more skin:mad:
Lesson here folks is If in doubt, take a quick photo with phone BEFORE you pull a belt off that you are not yet very familiar with:mad:
The very first Saab 9000 one I did had me stumped for while I can tell you! (Incase anyone is wondering it was wayyy before camera phones!)

JC
nice1guv
12th August 2009, 02:19 PM
Lesson here folks is If in doubt, take a quick photo with phone BEFORE you pull a belt off that you are not yet very familiar with:mad:

First lesson I learnt as a NON-mechanic: take photos of everything before you touch anything! :D
incisor
12th August 2009, 03:13 PM
is why god gave us fitters....;)
Stue 3 doors down
12th August 2009, 03:31 PM
First lesson I learnt as a NON-mechanic: take photos of everything before you touch anything! :D

Like touching what? Well I didn't have a camera :rulez:at the fire station when I met my wife:D.
justinc
12th August 2009, 03:53 PM
First lesson I learnt as a NON-mechanic: take photos of everything before you touch anything! :D


Too true! I guess I felt a bit over confident and complacent after fitting millions of belts...but never one to one of these yet:o:D To make matters worse, I'm trying to do it without removing fan and shroud etc etc etc as that is way too much stuff to remove. Give me a Tdi or V8i anyday to fit a serp belt to:D

JC
Stue 3 doors down
12th August 2009, 04:10 PM
Ever done a water pump belt on a Peugeot 404/504/505 they are fitted just to crank and water pump both of which are not adjustable which makes them really hard and tight to fit. The alternator is another belt. It drove us nuts and a couple of extra belts from damaging them when fitting them each time, it was a dumb design idea also we are fully qualified nutters, not mechanics.

Good luck with the Saab.:D
nice1guv
12th August 2009, 04:21 PM
Give me a Tdi or V8i anyday to fit a serp belt to:D
JC

Anytime you want to play with a Tdi, mine is always waiting over West for you to return to it. :D

In fact...I wouldn't be surprised if it is going through withdrawals. :p
PaulP38a
18th August 2009, 11:51 PM
First lesson I learnt as a NON-mechanic: take photos of everything before you touch anything! :D

good advice there... as of this evening I'm up to almost 130 pics of my RR P38A engine refresh project (http://cordwellis.com/gallery/main.php/v/99RR/Engine/) and haven't even got the exhaust manifolds off yet. Not really sure how I'm going to get that serpentine belt back on, but that is way off yet :eek:

Cheers, Paul.