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Old 05-15-2009, 10:35 PM   #10 (permalink)
The Atomic Ass
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
LOL, I was waiting for you to tell us

It's a belt, right? Put on a longer belt and an idler pully on a spring loaded lever that you can remove the tension with a hand lever (pully on bottom).
Doesn't work with the CVT. The CVT automatically tensions the belt between the 2 pulleys. And the clutch is on the OUTPUT of the transmission.

It's weird, I know.

Anyway, did not get the FE increase that I wanted, but I've also had worse than normal driving conditions, including one 13-mile trip that was just cold enough I think to trip my ECU into winter mode for the trip.
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