at the start of a three-week trip i had my alt belt fail, and lacked
the proper allen wrench to loosen the compressor pivot.  called benT
and asked him if it would be ok to cut my ac belt to get the new alt
belt on.  he said yeah, just cut it, and i did.  got the alt belt on,
and in about ten miles the engine blew up.

not really.

i still haven't put the ac belt back on...

fwiw.
bill

On Aug 3, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:

> Michael Diehr wrote:
>
>> Is a compressor failure generally a trip-ending experience?
>> Or can you just turn off the AC and keep going?
>
>
> Definitely not trip-ending... worst case just remove the belt (or
> cut it
> if you're in a hurry).
>
> Geo
>
>
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