Re: [T3] maybe the world isn't so bad

["Jacob Hoffman" <cobyhoff@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>A friend of mine tried getting home with a broke belt on a '65 Beetle.  
Luckily the plug wires melted on the engine tin killing the engine before it 
completely killed itself.  That was wierd to figure out, though.

Jacob Hoffman
'71 FI AT Squareback
'76 Westfalia "why doesn't my square have one of these engines" bus

> Note also that this makes the type 3 engine almost unique in that you CAN
> keep driving after the generator belt breaks. On cars which use this belt 
> to
> drive the cooling fan or water pump you have to stop or you'll ruin the 
> engine.
> The only other engine that I know that works like ours is the type 4 
> engine.
>
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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