Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2620376 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:31:13 -0400 Received: from rad ([68.212.15.208]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20031001201238.EVFQ24914.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:12:38 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: alternator choice and pulleys? Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:12:38 -0500 Message-ID: <006e01c38858$5c825210$0201a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_006F_01C3882E.73AC4A10" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C3882E.73AC4A10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I previously ran two belts to alternator and water pump. Once I added = the smog pump for a vacuum source, the geometry forced me to either give up = dual belts on the water pump OR the alternator. I figure I wanted the water = pump working more than the alternator. So only one belt on the alternator. = =20 Hi Ed, =20 It is indeed the water pump that I'm worried about. I can live without = the alternator for a while, but the pump needs to keep running. I suppose I might also be able to fashion some sort of idler pulley for a second = belt to the water pump, but it's probably easier to modify a dual pulley to fit = the alternator. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (off to fix my brakes)=20 ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C3882E.73AC4A10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
I previously ran two belts to = alternator and=20 water pump.  Once I added the smog pump for a vacuum source, the = geometry=20 forced me to either give up dual belts on the water pump OR the=20 alternator.  I figure I wanted the water pump working more than the = alternator.  So only one belt on the alternator.   
 
Hi Ed,
 
It is indeed the water pump that I'm worried = about.  I=20 can live without the alternator for a while, but the pump needs to keep=20 running.  I suppose I might also be able to fashion some sort of = idler=20 pulley for a second belt to the water pump, but it's probably easier to = modify=20 a dual pulley to fit the=20 alternator.  
 
Cheers,
Rusty (off to fix my=20 brakes) 
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