Dave's Gold (Beige!) Daily Driver

Difficult to tell :woohoo:

Haha :lol: there-in lies a story...

I went into Halfords thinking they had stock on the shelves... they used to years ago? But now it's ordered on the till via a database (powered by Euro Car Parts it transpires) indexed through your registration, so that you get the right parts...

So, I ordered two belts for BT54VTS (the gold one) and paid, they said they'd be there within an hour and a half and they'd ring me...

Good service I thought, and the thought entered my head that I really should get a pair to carry as spares in S200KYS (the blue one), so I made another separate transaction for them, but low stock on one so they'd be delivered for collection the following day...

So, no phone call?... so I called back into store the following day to see what was there for me... the guy on the till walked over to the big secure black metal cupboard under the stairs and came back with four belts and popped them on the counter. "Which is which order I said?", but after much deliberation he couldn't tell me, and advised I rang Euro Car Parts as they were the underlying supplier...

When fitting them I compared the old to the new for the front (power steering) belt and used the one that fitted the rear (alternator and water pump) pulleys correctly, as that belt was the one that was shredded. So I used the two longer belts of the four? The two shorter ones are in the spares box in S200KYS, but I'd better order another pair from someone reputable - Martin in the BigJimny shop! to make sure I do actually have the right belts left for S200KYS?!...

I use 2 X pk4 850

I dunno how many variations there are. I ordered a PAS belt for my Jimny (2001 M13, non aircon). Dingbro sent the one listed for that model out but it was couple of inches too big. Got the correct one from D&A in Dundee, even then they sent out a choice of 2.

The last time I used euros for belts they had 3 goes at getting the right ones, first for a none air Jimny second right packet wrong belt. It's not that difficult surely?

Hospital appointment the other day...



"When the carparks are full, please use the 4x4 parking areas" :lol:

Good to start seeing you back Dave, and off roading at every opportunity!