Gloyale Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 So the other day I take my EJ powered wagon on a road trip. Bout a 80 mile round trip to go look at a cheap Legacy for another donor/swap car. 25 miles from home, I get onto Interstate 5. I accelerate hard, relishing the EJ powerband even with the 30" tires. All of a sudden, my dash lights up like christmas. Charge light, stop lamp, the works. Car continued to run just fine though.....And being in the middle of nowhere, i decide to keep driving till the next exit....about 12 miles. Finally exit....and as I get out to pop the hood I figure, gee I wonder if the Alt. belt just gave out? Well I open the hood to see this...... Damn....I knew I should have put a lock washer on that(it's supposed to have one) So what now? Well, I figure "hey, maybe I'll be lucky, and the pulley will still be down there on the skidplate"..... Sure enough..... Then I think....."damn......I'll bet the nuts gone though....I wonder......wait....holy cow it's under there too!" Put it all back toghether.......drove home. Replaced nut with a OE subaru PS acorn nut and lockwasher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisjuan Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 lesson learned? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyman03 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Ha! that's some luck right there! and a pretty decent battery too.. to carry you another 14 miles that's pretty decent! -Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberoo Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Ha! that's some luck right there! and a pretty decent battery too.. to carry you another 14 miles that's pretty decent! -Justin I drove about 50 miles without the alternator working and a dead clutch(use the starter at every stop) 14 miles is nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Wow, talk about lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Holy cow! Thats luck at its finest right there boy, geez! Funny how much a you depend on a lockwasher. -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Ha! that's some luck right there! and a pretty decent battery too.. to carry you another 14 miles that's pretty decent! -Justin Lucky for me the Battery is brand new, 84 month. Alternator is also brand new, so I was kinda freaking out thinking the darn thing was junk and had failed.....but it was just the belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobaru Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 talk about luck ........did you at least buy a lottery ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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