Upgrade? I remember my '79 and '80 diesel Rabbits had the tensioner with the flat sides. It wasn't until I bought my "Next Generation" Vanagon diesel that I found VW had gone to the "two-holer" approach to the tensioner. So ... is there a source for the flat style tensioner? Thanks to Karl, Steve, Bulley, Mark, Nate, Ken and Loren for for their suggestions on sources and ingenuity for that spanner tool. Maynard '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" '93 EV GL "Klinger" On Tuesday, April 27, 1999 8:17 PM, KENWILFY@AOL.COM [SMTP:KENWILFY@AOL.COM] wrote: > Or you could just upgrade your tensioner pulley to a newer one that has the > flats on it so you can use a wrench to tension it. That way you get a new > tensioner pulley (didn't you always want one anyway) and don't have to buy a > special tool or do wierd things with nails or small allen keys (like I do) in > order to tension your timing belt. > Just an idea. > Ken Wilford > Van-Again > John 3:16 |
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