So the other day I take my EJ powered wagon on a road trip. Bout a 80 mile round trip to go look at a cheap Legacy for another donor/swap car.

 

25 miles from home, I get onto Interstate 5. I accelerate hard, relishing the EJ powerband even with the 30" tires.

 

All of a sudden, my dash lights up like christmas. Charge light, stop lamp, the works. Car continued to run just fine though.....And being in the middle of nowhere, i decide to keep driving till the next exit....about 12 miles.

 

Finally exit....and as I get out to pop the hood I figure, gee I wonder if the Alt. belt just gave out? Well I open the hood to see this......

 

 

Damn....I knew I should have put a lock washer on that(it's supposed to have one) So what now? Well, I figure "hey, maybe I'll be lucky, and the pulley will still be down there on the skidplate"..... Sure enough.....

 

 

Then I think....."damn......I'll bet the nuts gone though....I wonder......wait....holy cow it's under there too!"

 

 

Put it all back toghether.......drove home. Replaced nut with a OE subaru PS acorn nut and lockwasher.

lesson learned? lol

Ha! that's some luck right there! and a pretty decent battery too.. to carry you another 14 miles that's pretty decent!

 

-Justin

Ha! that's some luck right there! and a pretty decent battery too.. to carry you another 14 miles that's pretty decent!

 

-Justin

 

I drove about 50 miles without the alternator working and a dead clutch(use the starter at every stop)

 

14 miles is nothing.

Wow, talk about lucky.

Holy cow! Thats luck at its finest right there boy, geez!

 

Funny how much a you depend on a lockwasher.

 

-Tom

Ha! that's some luck right there! and a pretty decent battery too.. to carry you another 14 miles that's pretty decent!

 

-Justin

 

Lucky for me the Battery is brand new, 84 month.

 

Alternator is also brand new, so I was kinda freaking out thinking the darn thing was junk and had failed.....but it was just the belt.

talk about luck ........did you at least buy a lottery ticket