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Subject:Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating
From:Gabriel Hourtouat
Date:Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:27:27 -0400

Atta boy Jack.  If we don't hear back, we'll assume that the belts were no good.

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Try it. You'll be our guinea pig Jack :)"
>
> Okee doke. Since no one piped up to say that Bando belts were junk, I've
> ordered a pair from Amazon and will give 'em a go.
>
> Throwing myself on the grenade for the greater good, I remain,
>
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 09/24/2012 10:05 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>>
>> I carried Bando Belts back in the 80s at Sherwood Auto Parts when I
>> dabbled in some Jap car parts and they were a decent quality belt of
>> the time.  But a lot of VW customers were turned off by the fact that
>> Bando came from the Far East and you know how that mind-set would be.
>> They were OE on Nissan/Datsun, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, etc.  I had them
>> on a 72 Toyota HiLux Pickup for years, no problems.
>>
>> Try it.  You'll be our guinea pig Jack :)
>>
>

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