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stubear334
Veteran
Date registered: Aug 2009
Location: Montgomery, AL, USA
Vehicle(s): 1980 280GE, BMW 318Ti, Infiniti JX35
Posts: 169
| M110 Alternator Belt Size?
Does anyone know what size belt for a 280GE alternator/water pump? Mine broke on the way home  Will an Autozone in the States have such a beast??? What are the chances the engine is shot??? I drove the car 5 miles before noticing!
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ontum
Veteran
Date registered: Nov 2009
Location: Portland, OR
Vehicle(s): 1979 300GDT Cabrio, 1994 W124 603
Posts: 131
| Re: M110 Alternator Belt Size?
You drove 5 miles with your red battery light on without noticing? Yes AutoZone would have belts but they might not be metric sizes and be a few millimeters off, which is fine because you have some room to adjust. What was your water temp showing when you realized you lost a belt?
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stubear334
Veteran
Date registered: Aug 2009
Location: Montgomery, AL, USA
Vehicle(s): 1980 280GE, BMW 318Ti, Infiniti JX35
Posts: 169
| RE: M110 Alternator Belt Size?
I didn't see the darn light in the bright sunlight. Only time will tell if it did any damage! |
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DesertStar
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500
Posts: 2156
| RE: M110 Alternator Belt Size?
Here you go...
 (belt info [800x600].JPG)
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 belt info [800x600].JPG (101KB - 8 downloads)
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stubear334
Veteran
Date registered: Aug 2009
Location: Montgomery, AL, USA
Vehicle(s): 1980 280GE, BMW 318Ti, Infiniti JX35
Posts: 169
| RE: M110 Alternator Belt Size?
Turns out the head gasket blew. The car leaked coolant steadily a day later parked in the garage & blew white smoke as I loaded onto the flat bed tow truck.
Anyways, what brand head gasket do y'all recommend? On my MGBs I used felpro with the silicone rings around the passages.
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hipine
Date registered: Jul 2006
Location: US, CO, Bailey
Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A
| RE: M110 Alternator Belt Size?
You can just ask for the alternator belt for a '79 280SE. That's what I did when mine broke some years ago. I was walking distance from a tiny town that had a mom-and-pop garage, and the guy had one, so the size must be common enough.
-Dave G.
PS - Hmmm.... check that.....I can't guarantee that I asked for the belt that way. I noticed my alt light right away and stopped within a quarter mile of where it came on, so I may have been able to find the old belt and use that to get the replacement. I think I posted on BWF when it happened. I see good info above from Mike to help in this case though.
Edited by hipine 6/3/2010 11:42 AM
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hipine
Date registered: Jul 2006
Location: US, CO, Bailey
Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A
| RE: MB head gasket
I've used only the Victor Reinz [sp?] ones in the MB diesels I've rebuilt (much tougher life than a gasser's HG). Working great so far with about 50k miles on one motor and 15k on the other. It was the part a trusted indie MB mechanic with a big, satisfied return-customer base sold me, so that's the one I used.
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G-AMG
G-Class DIY Host
Date registered: May 2006
Location: South Texas
Vehicle(s): '04 G55, '80 280GE, '99 S420, '98 E320, 2011 E350
| RE: M110 Alternator Belt Size?
Going to the new "DIY" section, I ran across my old post:
http://www.pointedthree.com/disc/forums/showthread.php?tid=12811&po...
It looks like the brand my dealer supplied me was--> CONTI-SF AV10 X 960 La, as the M110 has a Alternator Belt- 10mm by 960mm
Suprisingly, the other TWO belts I got in a MB box were OPTIBELT(a German brand) , and GATES (a USA made you can get at any Auto-Zone type place). |
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