Didn't Ron Lussier (Coyote) encounter this problem on the TDF trip? I seem to recall a post of his to the Caravana Americana site in which he kept breaking -- I *think* -- his alternator bracket. He was unable to diagnose the cause, and it's failure eventually set up a stream of events that led to his withdrawal from the trip (something along the lines of alt. bracket breaks, belt slips/breaks, waterpump stops, engine has big issues). I don't know if Ron has since worked the problem out. I was under the impression that breaking alt. brackets was kind of an odd ball unusual thing as well. Ron? Any further info, or do I have the whole thing wrong? T. At 3:35 PM -0900 2/13/01, Steve Sullivan wrote: >The two stud bolts on my 1984 1.9L engine holding on the alternator bracket >have broken off for the third time in less than the miles between oil >changes. > >First the bracket itself broke (and was replaced by previous owner at least >twice) and I replaced it. Then the studs (brand new from VW) broke 1,000 >miles later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W '82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky") '97 son Russell ============= '99 daughter Margaret /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter 1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi {. .| clatter! 1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT 7,400 km ~-()-==----()-~ Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango) http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/ |
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