09-09-2017, 01:47 PM
Hi all, here's a little story for you,
I'm a courier, was on bikes for 25 + years, but now I just do part time work in my Berlingo, I'm limited to what I can do, five years ago I almost died from a ruptured Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm, was in a coma for nine days, & nearly lost my legs, I'm now registered disabled, I have trouble walking & can't carry anything too heavy, anyway I got a call from my works offering me two weeks work delivering mail, which I can handle, & the pay was very good, this was on last Monday afternoon, so I would start the next morning, so I'm feeling great, going to have a bit of money in my pocket.
That Monday afternoon I took my eldest Son to the doctors, & halfway there the van makes a terrible noise, the Ancillary Belt has been screeching for quite some time & I kept putting it off, because the Haynes Manual makes it sound a really awkward job, saying that it should only be tensioned by an official Citroen mechanic, I open the bonnet & sure enough the belt is shredded, I managed to cut the loose bits off with some scissors & we got to the doctors & back.
Just my bluddy luck, got work for two weeks & my belt's had it.
The only thing to do is do it myself, no other options, I kept the belt & loads of other parts off my old van, so here goes.
I put the front up on axle stands, & with the roadwheel & splashguard removed you can get to the belt, I removed the lower idle pulley & the remains of the belt, positioned my 'new' belt in place but even with the lower pulley removed the belt seemed about an inch too short, I slackened the offset pulley & positioned it to give me more 'slack', but still no way would the belt fit, so I decide to slacken the Alternator but that has no adjustment on it ! Now I'm thinking how the hell am I going to sort this ?
Cup of Tea time, lets have a think about this.
This is what I done, removed three bolts from the Crankshaft Pulley & slacken the fourth, so you can turn the pulley & slip the belt over into position, then lock a pair of Molegrips onto the inner casting ring of the pulley, slide a screwdriver through the jaw s of the Molegrips so you have made a 'T' Bar, lever the Grips round so the other holes in the Pulley line up & insert the bolts again & fully tighten. Brilliant ! Started the van up & it's all good, no noises & it has been fine all week, I know this is not the proper way to do it, but I was stuck & had to do it somehow, Happy days, thanks for reading this, best of luck to you all.
I'm a courier, was on bikes for 25 + years, but now I just do part time work in my Berlingo, I'm limited to what I can do, five years ago I almost died from a ruptured Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm, was in a coma for nine days, & nearly lost my legs, I'm now registered disabled, I have trouble walking & can't carry anything too heavy, anyway I got a call from my works offering me two weeks work delivering mail, which I can handle, & the pay was very good, this was on last Monday afternoon, so I would start the next morning, so I'm feeling great, going to have a bit of money in my pocket.
That Monday afternoon I took my eldest Son to the doctors, & halfway there the van makes a terrible noise, the Ancillary Belt has been screeching for quite some time & I kept putting it off, because the Haynes Manual makes it sound a really awkward job, saying that it should only be tensioned by an official Citroen mechanic, I open the bonnet & sure enough the belt is shredded, I managed to cut the loose bits off with some scissors & we got to the doctors & back.
Just my bluddy luck, got work for two weeks & my belt's had it.
The only thing to do is do it myself, no other options, I kept the belt & loads of other parts off my old van, so here goes.
I put the front up on axle stands, & with the roadwheel & splashguard removed you can get to the belt, I removed the lower idle pulley & the remains of the belt, positioned my 'new' belt in place but even with the lower pulley removed the belt seemed about an inch too short, I slackened the offset pulley & positioned it to give me more 'slack', but still no way would the belt fit, so I decide to slacken the Alternator but that has no adjustment on it ! Now I'm thinking how the hell am I going to sort this ?
Cup of Tea time, lets have a think about this.
This is what I done, removed three bolts from the Crankshaft Pulley & slacken the fourth, so you can turn the pulley & slip the belt over into position, then lock a pair of Molegrips onto the inner casting ring of the pulley, slide a screwdriver through the jaw s of the Molegrips so you have made a 'T' Bar, lever the Grips round so the other holes in the Pulley line up & insert the bolts again & fully tighten. Brilliant ! Started the van up & it's all good, no noises & it has been fine all week, I know this is not the proper way to do it, but I was stuck & had to do it somehow, Happy days, thanks for reading this, best of luck to you all.
Mk1, 1.9D, Admiral Blue, 51 Plate.
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