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Subject:Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Mon, 21 May 2012 16:06:02 -0700

On 05/21/2012 03:14 PM, pickle vanagon wrote:

"I heard the *whack* of the stancor relay shutting off,[...]"

I always listen for that thing (I also have the Stancor aux battery
charging relay) to pull in when I first rev the engine after starting.
It has a very distinctive sound. It never occured to me that it's also a
perfect alarm sound for a gone belt!

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

On 05/21/2012 03:14 PM, pickle vanagon wrote:

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