RustyNissanPrairie Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Driving home on a motorway after a weekend's mountain biking in wales and the fan belt let go, pulled over on hardshoulder, removed shoe laces from trainers and tied round the crank, waterpump and alternator pulleys. Re-started and everything worked ok, pulled off at next junction found a Halfords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve200TDi Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Yep I did this on the way back from a winch challenge. Water pump/alternator belt came off so I fashioned a new one from the rope handle that was on my waffle boards. It stayed on until I got home (about 25 miles) which I thought was inpressive! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Driving home on a motorway after a weekend's mountain biking in wales and the fan belt let go, pulled over on hardshoulder, removed shoe laces from trainers and tied round the crank, waterpump and alternator pulleys. Re-started and everything worked ok, pulled off at next junction found a Halfords. The question is, did you put them back in your trainers after! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyNissanPrairie Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 nah-sadly I had to cut them down in length. I had tried normal cotton string first but it shredded itself so had to resort to the laces. My Renault Clio Cup driving passenger was completely bemused by the whole episode and I think by Landrovers in general after the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 nah-sadly I had to cut them down in length. I had tried normal cotton string first but it shredded itself so had to resort to the laces. My Renault Clio Cup driving passenger was completely bemused by the whole episode and I think by Landrovers in general after the weekend. brilliant... and who said only mini's had adventures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyMellin Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I also had to do this on the way back from Coed Llandegla in North Wales when the fan belt went on my 2.5TD, didn't last long though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyNissanPrairie Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 funnily enough we'd done Llangdegla on the sunday, driven over and camped in Betws-Y-Coed on the monday for the Marin trail and then set off home. I reckon its summat in the air at Llangdegla that eats fan belts. For once Halfords came up trumps as well-Chester LR main dealers wanted £10.58 for a fan belt and would have it in for tomorrow- "do you see the 110 parked on double yellows outside?" "do you see my shoes are hanging off my feet and I look like a tramp with no laces?" "thats because my trainers from TKMaxx cost less than one of your fanbelts and hence why they're now powering my waterpump and is why I need it today-not tomorrow" £3.95 from Halfords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault4 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 any self respecting land rover driver will wear his wifes tights/stockings, for this very emergency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Or carry a spare fan belt, but yeah...that works too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyMellin Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 funnily enough we'd done Llangdegla on the sunday, driven over and camped in Betws-Y-Coed on the monday for the Marin trail and then set off home. I reckon its summat in the air at Llangdegla that eats fan belts. Ha it must be by the sound of it! Cracking routes at Llandegla, I did my Mountain Bike Trail Leadership Award there. Cracking Cafe aswel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Back in 1991 when I was running a Ford York 6 pot diesel I lost the fan belt in on the A5 in North Wales near Betws-y-Coed. I stopped at the Shell garage there and bought an emergency fanbelt, one of those red things that you cut and plug back together. By the time I got to Capel Curig, 5 miles up the road, at lunch time the emergency belt had come off and taken out my timing belt in the process. By 3pm an AA van turned up with a fan belt for a 2286cc diesel despite my telling the AA that it needed a tow as the timing belt was gone and the valves bent. By 11.30pm an RAC lorry turned up to take me to the AA depot in Birmingham for the ride back to London. Shoe laces are better then emergency fan belts I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelTed Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hi Had the same problem and used long cable ties joined together, easy to tension and lasted for 75 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hi Had the same problem and used long cable ties joined together, easy to tension and lasted for 75 miles. Nice idea I guess it wouldn't work for a serpentine though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 If you had enough cable ties joined together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I once rebuilt an indicator stalk using the spring from a ballpoint pen and a pat of Motorway service butter for contacts (the tin foil) and grease. This was done at Strensham services in temperatures way below zero at 3am in the morning. Jioned the AA not long after that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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