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Date:         Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:24:32 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
Subject:      FW: [DIESEL] 90A alternator on diesel Vanagon
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Please reply to Gary, not me!


-----Original Message-----
From: gabangs@NewMail.Net [mailto:gabangs@NewMail.Net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 4:58 PM
To: EVEHART33@aol.com; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com; diesel@vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [DIESEL] 90A alternator on diesel Vanagon


I'm assuming the center-line of the new alternator is
'farther out' than the 65A.  I would think a longer belt
may be in order.  This is just a guess, but if the new
alt center-line is 1 inch farther out, a belt about two
inches longer should do it.


>I'm trying to upgrade my 65A alternator to a 90A that
I got from a 84 WBX.
>Changing the pulleys would line the belt up but the
old belt tensioning arm
>looks too short. Can anyone advise a solution?
>Thanks,
>
>Ken Hunter
>82 Westy 1.9D
>84 Jetta 1.5D
>89 Mitsubishi van
>
-Gary, San Diego
1979 Rabbit 1.5 dsl, 180,000mi(sold)
1981 Rabbit 1.6 dsl, 150,000mi(sold)
1985 Quantum 1.6 td, 145,000mi(current)




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