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Today I went out to my storage unit to start up my Jeep (work vehicle) and inspect the Healey. The Jeep has been sitting outside (Healey inside, I swear!) for nearly a year of Olympia, WA weather (think lots of rain) and, although quite dirty, looked in roughly the condition I expected it to be in. After a bunch of difficulty freeing rusted hood latches I found the engine bay to be a host to some hornets....
After making them move from home, I did a quick inspection. The tensioner pulley, A/C pulley, power steering pulley and alternator pulley all had decent amounts of surface rust on them. I expected this. The serpentine belt also looked a little dry. I pulled the Honda S2000 up next to it and gave the Jeep a jump (surprised the honda had enough juice in it's tiny battery).
The Jeep started right up to a loud screeching noise (and a bunch of smoke), which I assume was the surface rust being removed by the belt. I sprayed the whole thing down with a generous dose of PB Blaster, hoping that it would aid in ridding the surface rust. I gave it about 5 minutes to idle and by the end of the 5 minutes it had basically quited down to normal noise and the smoking stopped. I figured this was a good sign.
Instead of taking it on the road right away, I proceeded to make figure 8's in the parking lot, both to charge the battery and because I figured it was better to break something there than on the road. Well, I'm glad I did this. After about 2 minutes of figure 8's I made a sharp turn and it started to smoke again. (At this point I was thinking PS pump). Within 20 seconds there was a big bang and the PS died, but I could still drive. I knew it was the serpentine belt and proceeded to put her back into a parking spot to spend the next couple of days until I can get back down there.
My plan was to use the Jeep as a towing vehicle for a move on saturday. I guess I can rule that out now (just get a moving truck instead). Now that gives me about 14 days (realistically, 3 weekend days) to get her back on the road. This is where I'm looking for advice.
After making them move from home, I did a quick inspection. The tensioner pulley, A/C pulley, power steering pulley and alternator pulley all had decent amounts of surface rust on them. I expected this. The serpentine belt also looked a little dry. I pulled the Honda S2000 up next to it and gave the Jeep a jump (surprised the honda had enough juice in it's tiny battery).
The Jeep started right up to a loud screeching noise (and a bunch of smoke), which I assume was the surface rust being removed by the belt. I sprayed the whole thing down with a generous dose of PB Blaster, hoping that it would aid in ridding the surface rust. I gave it about 5 minutes to idle and by the end of the 5 minutes it had basically quited down to normal noise and the smoking stopped. I figured this was a good sign.
Instead of taking it on the road right away, I proceeded to make figure 8's in the parking lot, both to charge the battery and because I figured it was better to break something there than on the road. Well, I'm glad I did this. After about 2 minutes of figure 8's I made a sharp turn and it started to smoke again. (At this point I was thinking PS pump). Within 20 seconds there was a big bang and the PS died, but I could still drive. I knew it was the serpentine belt and proceeded to put her back into a parking spot to spend the next couple of days until I can get back down there.
My plan was to use the Jeep as a towing vehicle for a move on saturday. I guess I can rule that out now (just get a moving truck instead). Now that gives me about 14 days (realistically, 3 weekend days) to get her back on the road. This is where I'm looking for advice.
