Trench Rat
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
Long time no post, I hope everyone is doing well and looking after themselves. due to the old coronavirus i've been living away from home with my gfs family. I've got my series 2a there now and unfortunately a few weeks back when we were going down a hill the fan belt snapped, it stank of burning rubber in the cab and we made it back to the house since it was under a half mile away.
The old belt was truly mullered, it looked like a westies shit, though the next day we had to house sit further afield for 2 weeks, so i've got back, bought a new belt, which Euro Car Parts assured me would fit (it didn't) then ordered two from Paddocks. Fitted it, tensioned it (correctly i hope) and started the landy, which needed a jump but otherwise was fine.
Then it started pissing smoke from the engine bay, thinking maybe it was old oil burning off i left it for 30 seconds or so on a somewhat rough idling (which i forgave as it's sat for a month. It warmed up and idled nicely but the smoke didn't clear. The belt has melted around the edges and underneath, specifically on the points of contact with the engine wheel, dynamo wheel and fan wheel. I'm certain the burning smell was the belt melting as it's pretty ruined itself.
So the fan was spinning and the engine was turning, so I can only think the dynamo has seized? Should I be able to turn the blades on the dynamo by hand without too much strength? If so, how can I test this? Is it pretty straight forward to remove and take apart for cleaning up/WD40? I'd obviously prefer to refurb the current one as opposed to buy a new one but if I have to then I guess I will.
TL;DR
I think my dynamo has seized
How can i check?
How easy is it to remove?
How easy is it to strip and clean then reattatch.
Cheers all, hope you're well.
Below pics are:
Old belt after it ate shit and the new belt after running for approx 30 seconds.
Long time no post, I hope everyone is doing well and looking after themselves. due to the old coronavirus i've been living away from home with my gfs family. I've got my series 2a there now and unfortunately a few weeks back when we were going down a hill the fan belt snapped, it stank of burning rubber in the cab and we made it back to the house since it was under a half mile away.
The old belt was truly mullered, it looked like a westies shit, though the next day we had to house sit further afield for 2 weeks, so i've got back, bought a new belt, which Euro Car Parts assured me would fit (it didn't) then ordered two from Paddocks. Fitted it, tensioned it (correctly i hope) and started the landy, which needed a jump but otherwise was fine.
Then it started pissing smoke from the engine bay, thinking maybe it was old oil burning off i left it for 30 seconds or so on a somewhat rough idling (which i forgave as it's sat for a month. It warmed up and idled nicely but the smoke didn't clear. The belt has melted around the edges and underneath, specifically on the points of contact with the engine wheel, dynamo wheel and fan wheel. I'm certain the burning smell was the belt melting as it's pretty ruined itself.
So the fan was spinning and the engine was turning, so I can only think the dynamo has seized? Should I be able to turn the blades on the dynamo by hand without too much strength? If so, how can I test this? Is it pretty straight forward to remove and take apart for cleaning up/WD40? I'd obviously prefer to refurb the current one as opposed to buy a new one but if I have to then I guess I will.
TL;DR
I think my dynamo has seized
How can i check?
How easy is it to remove?
How easy is it to strip and clean then reattatch.
Cheers all, hope you're well.
Below pics are:
Old belt after it ate shit and the new belt after running for approx 30 seconds.
