well, i've taken a lot of benji's advice, and as a result my life is
even more spicy than it was before...

and me engines, captain, they're not blown.

and yes, you'd exaggerate.  but not much.

b

On Aug 3, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Mike Miller wrote:

> Man, if I've told you once I've told you a million times "If you
> take BenT's
> advice you're likely to become a very unusual person...with a blown
> engine.
>
> Would I exaggerate?
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 8/3/06 5:02 PM, "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@UBS.UCSC.EDU> wrote:
>
>> 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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