On 27-Jan-2005, (PaulaJay1) wrote:

Any comments before I start throwing money at the problem.


Pardon if this sounds overly obvious, but have you verified that the
alternator belt is nice and tight (and not deteriorated)? A worn and/or
slipping belt could easily give you these symptoms.

Speaking of alternator belts, our mechanic did something very clever for us
that might be of interest to others. When he installed our new engine some
months ago, he tie-wrapped a spare belt up against the engine, around but
well behind the flywheel. The idea is that if we suffer a broken alternator
belt the spare can be put on in a matter of minutes, with no special tools,
and without having to take off the prop. Anybody else use this trick?

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-Elliott Drucker