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Power steering is great to have when parallel parking πŸ˜€

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You may try to find a shorter belt from another car, and bypass the compressor too, to get enough grip on the alternator which has a heavy pulley. Not sure if the tension will be correct, perhaps just drive more gently on the gas pedal. May try to measure the length with a rope
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kallekula wrote: 09 Jun 2020, 11:17 Power steering is great to have when parallel parking πŸ˜€

There is no parallel parking in the OC

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abscate wrote: 12 Jun 2020, 05:15
kallekula wrote: 09 Jun 2020, 11:17 Power steering is great to have when parallel parking πŸ˜€

There is no parallel parking in the OC

:lol:
That's not true. We have a few places around here πŸ˜„

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