Date:         Sat, 5 May 2012 10:56:32 -0600
Reply-To:     ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator belt burning up?
Comments: To: Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@gmail.com>
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I've played with single,double and serp pulley/belt set ups running 8-9k
rpm having to shim crank,water pump and powersteering brackets on open
class dirt latemodel stock cars, im narrowing it down to excessive load/
bearings intermittent lock up?

Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy

On May 5, 2012 11:49 AM, "Harold Teer" <teer.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

Ralph,

I know nothing about the diesel engine in a Vanagon, so don't know if the
following is even close to applicable.   Several years ago I had someone
replace a leaking gasket on a fitting behind the pulley on the water pump
on my 2.1.  All worked fine it seemed but when I went to change all of the
belts several months later, the one for the alternator kept being thrown.
Low and behold, the person who had removed the pulley for the water pump
had put it on backwards.  Scott advised me to check that and sure enough
that was the problem and after I reversed the pulley, all was fine.  I have
no idea how the belt had stayed on during that time, but I can attest to
the fact that a new belt would not stay on with the pulley reversed.

Worth a look,

Harold







On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:21 PM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>
wrote:
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Harold Teer
1991 Westy
Harrisonburg, VA