Can you install a smaller pulley on the water pump and the alternator also to negate the "gear ratio" change? Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Hunter" <EVEHART33@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 5:48 PM Subject: Installing a TD harmonic dampner on Vanagon diesel
> I was planning to install the dampner pulley from a 85TD onto my 1.9 > converted Vanagon which has the stamped steel pulley when I saw a potential > problem. The stamped pulley has 2 belt grooves which are the same size with > only the outer one being used going to the water pump. The dampner pulley > from the TD has 2 belt grooves also but the outer one is smaller diameter > which would cause the water pump to spin faster and thus the alternator to > spin faster. One solution would be to run a one-belt system using the inside > pulley, partially wrapping the water pump pulley, and adjusting at the > alternator. However, I've been told that the one belt system doesn't contact > the water pump sufficiently on Vanagons and may cause overheating from belt > slippage. Is there a solution to this problem? > Thanks, > > Ken Hunter > 82 Westy 1.9D > 84 Jetta 1.5D > |
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