[T3] Well now this presents a conundrum! NOS 6 VLT Fan BELT??

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Two of mine from Global Auto Supply in California, the belts I saw were much skinner, not mine mine is wider than the picture. I made a mistake in my email. 

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From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> 
To: type3 at vwtype3.org 
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 9:45:47 PM 
Subject: Re: [T3] Well now this presents a conundrum! NOS 6 VLT Fan BELT?? 

On 19 Feb 2013 at 0:22, Dave Hall wrote: 

> Maybe - I'm pretty sure I've not changed my dynamo belt in the 20 years and 
> 70,000 miles I've done, and I'm guessing it's older than that, perhaps 
> original.  It hasn't fallen apart yet in the heat of the engine compartment. 
> Our background weather wouldn't be as punishing as continental USA though. 
> It's not hard worked - no radio, stock everything, and tension adjusted 
> correctly - not too tight.   

Mine are the same. In 45 years of driving Type 3s, I've only ever had 
one generator belt fail on me. I've also never bought a new one. I 
just use old ones, some of which are originals. 

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