Fastest Belt Change. Ever.

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Now, I’m not a master mechanic or anything, but even I know that you’re supposed to shut the engine off before changing a belt. But hey, this dude seems to have the whole quick change thing under control, so who am I to judge? I’m not sure if the tension is exactly where it needs to be, but that’s another detail I’m going to overlook in light of the general trickiness of this whole operation. Damn…

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Posted at 12:04 pm in dangerous, How To, John Coyle, quick belt change, StreetFirehp, stupid stunts

Comments

canaryrx8
Nov 12, 2009 at 11:14 am

heh awesome, of course it’s a beetle, try doing this on a small block lol

PureBusiness
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:33 pm

This strangely reminds me of a girlfriend i had with a really loose belt,but i didn’t go around bragging about how fast i could mount it.

road_monster
Nov 11, 2009 at 10:53 am

Cool and totally stupid and dangerous at the same time…
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Kids, DON’T try this at home.

GTwildfire
Nov 10, 2009 at 7:58 pm

I’d like to see him try that with a serpentine. I’ve done something just as risky (if not more) and DON’T try to repeat my stupidity…
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When I refreshing the engine bay in my red ’94 Firebird, I ran the engine so that the pulleys would be turning, making sanding them to prep for painting a very easy and fast operation, fortunately afterwhich I didn’t require an operation. The spinning radiator fan added to the fun.
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FWIW it looked marvelous when I was done…