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Old July 22nd 05, 06:55 PM
Ad absurdum per aspera
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> I don't really see any harm in waiting until it croaks.

If it seizes you're going to be stranded, at least with a modern
vehicle that runs everything off a single serpentine belt. Been
there, towed that.


(In the old days, when accessories were driven by individual or subset
V-belts, you could MacGyver the non-mission-critical ones through
judicious use of a jackknife and perhaps a bit of belt rerrangement to
make sure the fan and alternator were still going. Nowadays,
everything is in the loop all the time.)

Besides, the sooner you fix the problem, the better chance you have
that it *hasn't* blown chunks through the rest of the system (though
replacement of the receiver/dryer is usuallly indicated anyway).

Cheers,
--Joe

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