ATTEX 300 - new engine plate - also belt pics with questions

[swfleur]

Hello fellow amphibs - I had to make my own engine plate and posted some pics here. Also had to make some new rubber mounting rubbers - I used rubber hose and some flat washers -
My question is the belt seems to be riding high in the pulley and I'm wondering if you experts could look and see of anything looks goofy on the belt - or etc - hope to hear from someone - please and thank you much

[hydromike]

Hi Swfleur,

Nice looking engine plate! Slotted holes are always a pain when you don't own a mill. I usually drill two holes and connect them with a jig saw, but yours look a lot cleaner than that.

Your belt is too wide. It looks like it's almost a 1 3/16" or 1 1/4" top width belt, and I think the first generation Attex machines used a much thinner belt. I'll bet that driven clutch grabs and spins the belt at engine idle, doesn't it? It'd be best to get the right one. It looks like a Gate 6040 is appropriate for the first generation machines.



A while back, we were discussing the absolutely correct belt for the first generation machines and LarryW came up with:

<<snip>>.... I checked and is should be 1-15/64th wide and 43-5/16.

There's more discussion over here about the first-gen belts, too. I won't try to guess at the absolutely correct length and width, but it seems like some folks have gotten by with belts described in this thread. Good luck!

[swfleur]

Thanks Mike - I appreciate the link info on the belt - I thought something looked strange -