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ash its your bosses van its his problem. he's not exactly paying you top whack.
tell the tight erse to get it sorted.
Ive got a fiver says he's a northerner...
You said the belt was hard to get on. Never worked on a boxer but generally speaking you slacken off the alternator or tensioner, fit new belt and re tension leaving around 3/8" - 1/2" slack on the untensioned side of the belt. If belt is loose the charging light on the dash comes on and the belt squeals as the revs increase, a belt too tight it can damage the bearings & bushes in the alternator but as said earlier dunno about after 6 months TBH.
Still not your fault to my mind after all would you let van grease monkey work on plumbing?
Is it a well known local builder you work for ash? If you don't mind me asking if you do then not to worry
I'd rather not say if that's ok.
Just don't know who knows who and things can get taken out of context if ever repeated. Hope that's understandable.
He's a decent bloke and he has let a few things with me slide so I can't complain too much but I just want to go to work, do my job and go home.
I don't think i have ever said anything on here about work that was out of order and I don't know him on a personal level.
Everyone has a moan about work but the last month has drained me.
ash you sound like a lovely bloke and it's great that you're not bad mouthing him on here. But don't be a doormat mate.
Thanks. I'm sure i cause him work with my inexperience but i was always honest from the start and I didn't put a gun to his head to give me a job. I don't have anyone coming out with me, I have to get on with it 99% of the time. I've never lied about anything never any need, if i mess up i hold my hands up.
Sometimes I ring him up and ask questions and he obviously wants me to just get on and think for myself - which i do most of the time but sometimes i'd rather ask questions than risk causing damage and costing us money.
Thanks. I'm sure i cause him work with my inexperience but i was always honest from the start and I didn't put a gun to his head to give me a job. I don't have anyone coming out with me, I have to get on with it 99% of the time. I've never lied about anything never any need, if i mess up i hold my hands up.
Sometimes I ring him up and ask questions and he obviously wants me to just get on and think for myself - which i do most of the time but sometimes i'd rather ask questions than risk causing damage and costing us money.
I don't have anyone coming out with me, I have to get on with it 99% of the time. I've never lied about anything never any need, if i mess up i hold my hands up.
With ukpf with you whenever required, you know that yeah?
i had the fiat ducatto 04 which is the same van with the peugeot engine which is pretty much bullet proof when looked after.
problems i have had similar to yours.
charging wire that connects to the alternator broke small white needs re-connecting that stop battery charging up and engine conks out.
earth strap from engine block to the chasis corroded. that plays up with the starter and battery.
never had a problem with the belt.
boss should be having a mechanic sort this not a plumber/heating engineer
2.00 hdi engine same as a pug 306 engine and others. mine was an old one 11 yrs old new ones may well use different engines.fiats and peugeout use different engines the pug and citroens use a ford engine with a timing chain and the ducattos have the iveco engine with a timing belt
a lot of serpentine belts what we used to call a fan belt are directional but i cant see how fitting it reversed would cause damage in fact a lot of mechanics will reverse the belt on a transit to stop them squealing
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