Nah! Don't have it re surfaced just for he sake of doing it. If you do that and next time it actually needs a resurfacing, there might not be enough material left do do it again. First check it, if it's straight clean the surface and reinstall.
That's a good take imo000. I checked for straightness and it's straight as an arrow. I mentioned before that I could not get the feeler blade that is less than spec to get thru between the block/head and the machinist straight edge. Hopefully, it's not coming off anytime soon once I have it on!
@oilhammer - I figured out why the accessory belt broke and with such a force that it wrapped itself around the crank sprocket.
In the summer, the alternator gave out and I wanted something stronger. You may ask why? That is because I have a side business of Televisions. I buy them bulk and then I resell them. Right now I am operating out of my storage unit where I don't have an electric outlet. So I bought an inverter that I would plug in the trunk area cigarette lighter and it would output 110V. I would plug in the TV for the prospective buyer to test and then make the transaction. Something like the one below:
https://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-300W-...ywords=110+volt+car+inverter+plug+in+dc+to+ac
I was searching for a 140A alternator instead of the smaller one that our cars come with. I believe ours is a 110A. That way the car would have ample juice when powering up the TV's. Although I don't power it on for too long and only 1 at a time I still wanted to get that upgrade.
I researched the re-manufactured alternators ones and decided OEM is better especially if I could get it from the junkyard. When I went to the junkyard looking for an alternator I was not able to find a 140A from B5/5.5. Not wanting to leave empty handed I decided on a whim to check the alternators from a 2008 VW Passat. Luckily, it did. I then took it the B5 and tried it. It was a perfect fit. Eureka!
After I brought it home I noticed that the pulley was different and would not align with the belt. I thought I was in trouble but decided to keep going. I took off the pulley from my alternator and swapped it on the 2008 alternator. Fit perfectly after the swap.
I ordered an OEM ContiTech belt for the accessories and when I put it on it was a super tight fit. My thinking was that it would stretch over time. What I had failed to realize at the time was that the alternator body by itself was larger so the pulley was further out which made the belt such a tight fit. It ran for a few months and then disaster struck as you already know.
I have now gone with a 5mm longer belt that fits perfectly for the accessories. So hopefully, this will not happen again.
I hope others can learn from my mistake.