[T3] Fan Belts
Jim Adney
jadney at vwtype3.org
Tue Apr 3 22:08:47 PDT 2012
On 3 Apr 2012 at 23:22, Jeremy Menzies wrote:
> I wonder if Muir noted this as an extra warning for the Type 1 and 2
> crowd who, if their belts slip too much, wind up overheating. Good
> thing the T-3's have the fan on the crank!
That's a very good point. Since our belts only drive the generator,
they see very little load: That's why they last so long.
Both Type 3s and Type 4s have the fan on the crankshaft, so that's
just one more advantage we have over the Type 1 engines.
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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