George Goff wrote:

>In a message dated 11/3/05 10:45:06 PM, inua@CHARTER.NET writes:
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><< If there are no other problems, and the bllt gets noisy again, just dress
>it with paraffin periodically. >>
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>John,
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>Isn't this just treating the symptom of a slipping belt and allowing it to
>slip without chattering?
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>George
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Agreed. It does allow the belt to work a bit in the belt groove without
the noise. But it will cut down the belt screech sufficienctly to
determine if the pump is dying. It could be simply that a new belt is
needed, or on the other hand - a pump replacement is required.. Hard to
tell the difference with all that racket. Get rid of the belt noise, and
you can distinguish which is which.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver