Bumpin1OHM
11-07-2005, 11:42 AM
yesterday morning i go outside and it flash rains/hails/snows (gotta love colorado...) and i guess my belt slid off or something upon startup
battery light was on, i figured the belt might have been slipping so i drive it to work (7 mins)
where i work i was able to pick up a mobile battery charger just incase the worse was to happen
i get a break, so i go to the car, starts up fine, even better than normal, but the light is still on so i drive to autozone, about another 7 minutes.
i get up to the counter and ask them to do a alt/batt test to see whats goin on (i really didnt have much time, i had to get back to work) so they wheel it out. i pop the hood and he connects it to the battery and begins the test. i happen to look over at the alternator
NO BELT!
the autozone guy looks over and says sarcastically, yep theres your problem. so we go back in and i get a gatorback, and i ask him whats a good place to get it installed, he recommends the place right next door, finishline.
they squeeze me in the open bay and quote me about 5-10 minutes to do it at about $30. i told them to go ahead, its just money i didnt have the time to deal with it.
45 minutes later they get done with it (they couldnt get the tensioner back enough to slip the belt on, damn LD9!)
so pretty much ~$50 and an hour later im back on the road back to work, from my 30 minute break lol
CHECK YOUR BELTS!
and also got a question to go along with this.
how many belts does the car have? is it just a single one? because it didnt overheat, the power brakes, and steering was there. didnt try A/C
battery light was on, i figured the belt might have been slipping so i drive it to work (7 mins)
where i work i was able to pick up a mobile battery charger just incase the worse was to happen
i get a break, so i go to the car, starts up fine, even better than normal, but the light is still on so i drive to autozone, about another 7 minutes.
i get up to the counter and ask them to do a alt/batt test to see whats goin on (i really didnt have much time, i had to get back to work) so they wheel it out. i pop the hood and he connects it to the battery and begins the test. i happen to look over at the alternator
NO BELT!
the autozone guy looks over and says sarcastically, yep theres your problem. so we go back in and i get a gatorback, and i ask him whats a good place to get it installed, he recommends the place right next door, finishline.
they squeeze me in the open bay and quote me about 5-10 minutes to do it at about $30. i told them to go ahead, its just money i didnt have the time to deal with it.
45 minutes later they get done with it (they couldnt get the tensioner back enough to slip the belt on, damn LD9!)
so pretty much ~$50 and an hour later im back on the road back to work, from my 30 minute break lol
CHECK YOUR BELTS!
and also got a question to go along with this.
how many belts does the car have? is it just a single one? because it didnt overheat, the power brakes, and steering was there. didnt try A/C