How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Harry Moon]

I use this belt and always have a spare with me. (I do run an alternator though)

[Lynn Eades]

Jordan, was that a new belt or the one you burnt? Btw, there are better photos of Vicky.
Harry does that belt cross over to a B52? I like those belts as well.

[Jordan Baker]

Vicki too know the picture as she has a great sense of humour. First she thought I was joking about having to shut down. Then when I actually pulled over and turned off the truck she figured I was no longer joking.

I stopped in the other day at Princess Auto to get a replacement belt. I’d read online that the Chevy 216 needed a 42” belt. So I got two. Got home and they are too short. So after dinner I took them back and got three different sized ones. Well they were too long. It turns out I needed a 44” outside length one. Well that turns out to be the only size out of about 1 million sizes Princess Auto doesn’t have. They had B40, B42. So off to the Home Hardware nearby that is unlike city Home Hardwares. They had name brand Dayco B41. Got home and it was a job to get it on but once on it fits great.

So Dayco B41 is what I needed.

The fitting issue I had with it was a sever lack of room and I’ve got the large pulleys on both the water pump and the generator. When I used a size larger belt it slid over the generator pulley but then there wasn’t enough adjustment to tighten the belt.

[chris vickery]

Jordan if it’s any consolation, my first shake down drive in my 12 cab Ford left me stranded with an overheated coil on the dizzy.
Lucky for me I had another at the shop, so it was a case of hitch hiking back to town to retrieve some help and sole tools to do a road side repair.

[David Herbert]

I have found a surprising variation in sizes between different makes of what were supposedly the same standard size belts. I am not talking 1/4" but up to two inches on a long belt when measured very carefully. It seems to be necessary to put a tape measure round a belt that fits properly and record the length, then measure any belt you buy before taking it home.

Wouldn't you think that they would be standardized in the real world rather than fairyland ?

David

[rob love]

I went through the same thing with a few different vehicles, where Princess auto didn't have the exact size I needed. TSC had a very good selection and their prices were right on.

I'm not sure those belts from TSC and PA are meant for automotive applications. I think they are more for electric/gas motors driving equipment like pumps or fans. But for the limited use we will do, they hold up just fine.

The automotive ones are considerably more expensive. Price out what you want from NAPA and you will see what I mean.

[Lynn Eades]

Rob, I think there is quite a difference in the way some belts are made. Some being "wrapped", while others are "cut".I think the cut belts are better quality? Then there is the industrial verses automotive, which is about width and angle differences. I do like those cogged belts.