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Date:         Thu, 7 Sep 2006 06:23:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: In need of an obscure A/C part.
Comments: To: Jean-Woo Kim <jkim.phd@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <d48c6c540609062301h5fc0bc01hffad9949623d4388@mail.gmail.com>
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That's called an eye bolt. The part number is 027 260 937.

It's present on my '85 and it does make adjusting belt tension a breeze. It's missing on my '84, however, and I secure the compressor with a standard nut and bolt through the front of the bracket on that one.

Mike

Jean-Woo Kim wrote: > As part of a head gasket replacement job, I was removing the A/C compressor > on my 87 Westy with 2.1 WBX and found that the tensioning bolt had been > sitting alone. The receiving nut/bracket mounting is missing entirely. I > imagine the part was shaped like a cylinder with threaded hole in the > middle. I don't know how it kept tension on the A/C belt because A/C was > working fine. Does anyone have this part? I am willing to pay for it. Or > could someone take a picture of it so that I can try to fabricate one? > > J-W >


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