Re: Spica, again

[jonathan coates <alfa@domain.elided>]

In message , Ferdinando Di Matteo <ferdinando.di@domain.elided> writes
>If anyone thinks the Spica drive belt is a weak link, think again!  I know
>not many have experienced a frozen, yes, frozen logic section with ice in a
>Northern Winter, and found the injection pump no longer useful because the
>crank shaft broke.   The belt did not, it is that strong.  However broken
>belts have been caused by a careless mechanic dropping the distributor
>lock-down nut onto the belt.  You see, the belt cannot stretch, it will
>break instead.  Fred Di Matteo 
>
I suppose thats why they used a belt, a chain could ruin your whole
morning if you got a nut stuck in it. What would break first?
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jonathan coates
in carburettor UK

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