sitting in a gas station

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Mtl-Marc)]

Yeah, but on an 8V you only have one belt. You loose it and you lose the
water pump.

It did happen to me once, and lucky for me I was within a mile from a
Canadian Tire store.
I drove there and bought a belt and a vise grip, and replaced the belt. 

Cheers.

Marc

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Marc Getty [mailto:marc@getty.net] 
> Envoy? : 23 octobre 2006 14:05
> ? : 'Verboten1'; 'Scirocco list'
> Objet : RE: sitting in a gas station
> 
> 
> Back in 2002 I lost my alternator belt on my 16v on the PA 
> Turnpike just west of Carlisle, PA. This was more then 150 
> miles from home (then in Langhorne, PA) and outside of my 
> 100-mile free AAA tow radius. I pulled over and confirmed 
> that it was the belt, got back in and kept on driving, at 
> night. Radio off, interior lights turned down, not using the 
> blower fan at all, and low beams.
> 
> After 130 miles and a mere 20 miles from home running on 
> battery no longer worked for me and the car died. A call to 
> AAA and the two wagon was on its way. While sitting there 
> waiting for the tow I thought myself, hmmmmm, if I only 
> unplugged one of the headlights I just may have made it the 
> whole way home! Damn it! ;-)
> 
> Got it towed home, pulled the battery, trickle charged it 
> overnight, put it back in. Drove to the parts store on 
> battery and got a replacement belt. :-)
> 
> These days I always carry a spare belt because alt and water 
> pump are one and the same on both of my cars.
> 
> -Marc
> 
> '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
> '84 VW Rabbit GTI Pickup Truck
>  
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Verboten1 [mailto:verboten1@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:04 AM
> To: Scirocco list
> Subject: sitting in a gas station
> 
> waiting for a tow truck. lost the alt belt. 10 miles from home ugh!
> 
>