Re: [T3] visit w/ the Baroness

[Russ wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 20:30, Greg Merritt wrote:
> At 8:14 PM -0500 8/19/03, Jim Adney wrote:
> >>  Fan shroud screw?  Or, what do bad generator bearings sound like?
> >
> >Use a long screwdriver, blunt end in one ear, to track down the noise.
> 
> 	Tried it... it just seemed to be fan-shroudy, probably left of center.
> 
> 	What does a mechanically-failing generator sound like?  How 
> does its noise change with rpms?
> 
> 	I grabbed the gen. & crank pulleys in turn, and tried to make 
> them wiggle in the directions they're not supposed to wiggle, but 
> they seemd solid.
> 
Slip the generator belt off, and that takes it out the picture.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
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