RobertN
Super Member
Trying to replace the alternator belt on my '03 PT Cruiser. Neat little car. Unless, you have to work on the motor... I am just trying to replace the alternator belt. PS/AC belt is easy. The alternator, I am looking at Chilton manual, online, no good pictures. Appears have to loosen a locknut underneath the car. Then loosen a locknut from above, and adjust the adjuster to loosen the belt.
I know it is a small car, and everything has to be packed in there, but...
I soooooooooo agree with my Dad; he was a partsman on the mechanics counter at a Big-3 dealership for 40+ years. One of things he has said for years, is the designers should have to come to the shops, and work on the stuff they design.
I work in high-tech, computer chips. Every year, we get interns from the colleges for the summer. They learn real world stuff, and can apply the stuff they learned at school the last semester or two.
Car designers should have to do the same thing. Even after school... A yearly rotation for a couple week(or more) to work on the stuff they designed, in the real world.
Maybe then they would make so you can work on this stuff.
I know they would still be limited by space and stuff, but I bet they would make it more maintainable...
I know it is a small car, and everything has to be packed in there, but...
I soooooooooo agree with my Dad; he was a partsman on the mechanics counter at a Big-3 dealership for 40+ years. One of things he has said for years, is the designers should have to come to the shops, and work on the stuff they design.
I work in high-tech, computer chips. Every year, we get interns from the colleges for the summer. They learn real world stuff, and can apply the stuff they learned at school the last semester or two.
Car designers should have to do the same thing. Even after school... A yearly rotation for a couple week(or more) to work on the stuff they designed, in the real world.
Maybe then they would make so you can work on this stuff.
I know they would still be limited by space and stuff, but I bet they would make it more maintainable...