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Subject:Re: Screeching Alternator Belt
From:Neil N
Date:Thu, 11 May 2017 18:27:15 -0700

Is there an aux. battery thats quite low?

I large load on the alternator could make the belt screech.

Neil.

On 5/11/17, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:

> The alternator belt on my '87 Westy screeches horribly at idle, and
> sometimes when you first pull out from a stop. (It stops if you gun the
> engine, or while driving at almost any speed.)

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Neil n

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