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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    sorry its 2024 so I deleted my joke
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    I see the bolts now they are both coming off the block ,, nothing to do with the rubber mount , I assumed it would be sitting on a curved bracket
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Thumb pressure tight,? Just to be sure in the last pic is that one of the 2 bolts I loosen it's going thru a rubber mount ? there is also a bolt at the back of the dynamo that is connected to the engine via a small bracket with a bolt into dynamo, sorry maybe I need to take a day off from it.
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Dont know if pictures help , what's standard procedure , basically how many bolts useally
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Putting new fan belt on do I just have to undo the 1 adjusting bolt to remove and replace the belt ? That's how I got it off the other day , Or do I need to remove the 2 bolts also that the dynamo is sitting on
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    sorry I meant to say starter in my original comment not dynamo , one other thing the issuse happened whilst I was driven already started which seems a bit odd , starter is behind my left leg so maybe it turned the starter on whilst changing gear , just a bit odd that it happened...
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    ITS me again , whilst the kind man Mick who helped me discover the van starter problem apparently it's a spring disengage design rather than highdrolic one , my van still has Dynamo he reckons the spring was sticking so that's what was making it make the racket , sounded like metal being...
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Thanks for ur kind words, , I am delighted it was nothing more serious , if u read my other post over the last couple of months I have aged and if it had of been anything more serious I think it would of been it for me , after my previous problems scares , I had only got the courage...
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Thanks paul , anytime I break down I try and fix it were it is if possible , I will remember the bottom arm if it ever happens again , I would prefare the van to be lift by just the front wheels if possible , I have most spare parts in the van just in case , The noise from the sticking...
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Thanks soupdragon I really appreciate the help suggestions and just knowing that there are people out there who want to help
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Little bit of information , thought i lost my phone when at the van to ring towtruck , whilst retracing my footsteps i bump into a man i met once before and I told him about the van and he offered to come have a listen , I didn't want to leave it running for to long but he convinced me too...
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    IT WAS THE STARTER SPRING STICKING ON , ,, I WILL TELL U MORE ITS A MAD STORY OF HOW I WE DISCOVERED IT , A CHANCE MEETING A LOST PHONE ECT , and no it wasnt the butler This sounds like a bestseller
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Sterio , i have started to look for one but my van is positive earth so hard to find ,
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Lol .panky , but my father told me to start putting some nut and bolts in the glovebox to drown out engine noises
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    1 At least. U started with suggestions still waiting on others to start with some , lol
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    your starting to get closer
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Your getting colder but it's a good start
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    Van driven but making loud dragging noise

    Your about 2ft away from the answer
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