"Continental and VW no longer manufacture 9.5mm belts [...]"

Answered my question, I guess, about whether anyone makes a 9.5mm belt
that would work on this vehicle.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 09/24/2012 06:31 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:
> Continental and VW no longer manufacture 9.5mm belts (except the
> 9.5x905 [111 903 137 D] for the 61-73 1/2 Beetles, Ghias and Buses
> thru 71).  At least 12 years ago, Belt manufacturers agreed to an
> industry-wide standard upping the size to 10mm.
>
> In fact VW went to an 11.3x912 (111 903 137 E) belt when they
> transition the Beetle/Ghia to the alternator in the middle of 73, but
> the pulleys did not change as per VW.  I use this on all alternator
> conversions I've done on my Beetles I've owned.
>
> I've had no problem using the 10x1110 Continental belt on both my
> Vanagons, nor any problem with the Gates 7430 when I had to do an
> emergency replacement several years ago on that lonely stretch of I-5
> between LA and Stockton.  But I reinstalled a 10mm Conti Belt shortly
> afterward.
>