No Belts: How Long Drive Time?

[Dave Glubrecht]

>
> I have an extra set of belts in the trunk.  But I really don't feel I can
> replace these in the company parking lot.  One reason is the A/C belt is
> still there, and that needs to come off to get another one on.
>
> The battery's new.  How long do you think it'll last running the ignition
> and fuel pump only for my 25 mile run home - 20 miles Interstate, 5 miles
> residential?


Should make it no problem (as others have said), but to be safe, just cut
off the AC belt and install the alt belt so you have no worries.
I too have driven my Audi further than that after an alt quit.  Had the wife
driving to meet me as I was too far to make it.  Swapped batteries (jump
started the the wifes car) and made it home.
  I used to have a Kawasaki GPZ 750 turbo that I bought wrecked.  It had the
alt wiped off and the end of the crank messed up so that a new alt couldn't
be installed.  I installed a cap over the crank and rode it (very fast).  I
didn't go far out of town, but never got caught with a dead battery (it
would run quite a while missing due to low voltage).  I was caught in the
other sense a few times.
It would run low 11's at my altitude and my total cost was $400.  Sold it to
someone who spent $10,000 on it to turn it into a drag bike and run in the
8's.