Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:05:53 -0700
Reply-To: Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1.9 alternator bracket
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Rob,
My alternator bracket broke into 2 pieces a while back - - thought
it'd be an easy repair (welded the two pieces back together), then
found out that with the bracket in one piece there was no way to get a
wrench in there (at least no wrench in my toolbox) unless you removed
the cooling pipe. After twisting one of the bolts for the water pipe
off and having to buy a 90 degree drill to drill it out with, I think
the whole thing took about a week!
Moral of story: Start spraying cooling pipe bolts with PB Blaster, or
maybe try that new stuff that was mentioned last week from CRC,
available at Wally World (not sure of the name).
Good luck! And what is it about Weed - - my '85 Mitsubishi
Turbo-Diesel cracked a head there once.
Gary
>
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:37:40 -0700
> From: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: 1.9 alternator bracket
>
> The 1.9 VW waterboxer in my '84 westy has the studs/bolts that hold
> the alternator bracket broken off.
>
> I found this problem in Weed, CA as we were moseying on our way back
> to Washington in our first big trip in this Westy. The alt belt also
> drives the water pump.... I used safety wire (mechanics wire) to hold
> the alternator bracket so I could get tension on the belt and drive
> the water pump. We came straight home after that. I promised the VW
> back in Weed that I would not drive it any more if it made it home
> for us (490 miles). It made it and I kept my promise.
>
> This long block was put in by the PO around 30k miles ago. I'm
> pulling the engine anyway to put in a Subie and would like to fix
> these studs so I can sell the 1.9 .
>
> I just looked at the engine and then took a look at the Bentley,
> those studs are in the case half and one of them might have been
> 'fixed' before. One is broken flush and the other is broken off
> inside a little. There is a really small hole drilled above one of
> the studs, like a way to get penetrating fluid on to the threads.
>
> Any advice on replacing these studs would be gratefully accepted, I
> really don't want to trash the case...
>
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
> In western WA with a broken '84 Westy and half a summer left.
>
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