Brad,
This should be a simple belt change. I have not done the job yet, but I'll post up any thing interesting. I don't think anything is seized.
The Renault was the poor man's excuse for a VW bug in the late 50's and 60's. They were pretty much pieces of junk, but the French body styles on the 2cv and the Dauphin gave grown on me over the years.
My dad had both of these models, but you hardly ever see one any more.
Chip
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, john public <brad_macaboy1234@...> wrote:
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> chip, will it not be relatively easy to replace the belt, or do you have a seized pulley?
> I had to check out the Renault you mentioned; they remind me of the old Simcas.
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> --- On Tue, 7/31/12, Chip <czulli@...> wrote:
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> From: Chip <czulli@...>
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] I thought I was feeling like the Maytag Repair Man.
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 8:54 AM
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> So what is it about life that once you think you have a little part of it cornered up the way you want it, you don't?
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> I was poised to post up an email last Friday around the whole Maytag Repair Man idea. My coupe was running perfectly and I was bored with nothing to do and found myself looking for Renault Dauphin's again.
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> Just then I happened to glance down at my instrument panel and was surprised to find my temperature gauge in my coupe almost in the red.
> Looking a little further down my red alternator light was also on.
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> At 85 mph I was not completely sure that I had blown a fan belt, but I was pretty sure. Lucky for me on two fronts that diesels don't need electricity to run and that when I drove below 40 mph my motor stayed below the red mark by a good bit.
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> Limping home I raised the hood and confirmed my earlier diagnosis. The thought of this Renault Dauphin quickly faded from sight again.
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> Chip
> Houston
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