RE: compressor removal

["Brubaker, John" <JBrubaker@AMF.com>]

Chris wrote:
My question is. I want to remove the a/c system and take the 
compressor
out of the loop. I know there's more involved in this than I might 
expect,
but will it do any harm to remove the compressor, get a non A/C belt 
and
hook the stuff up and run??

Haaaaaaaaaahhhh.  Too funny.  When I converted my 80 S to non A/C, I 
thought it would be that easy, but no...this was not the case.  The 
hard part was finding the pullies with the correct offsets.  You will 
most likely need a new crankshaft pulley, alternator pulley and water 
pump pulley.  After about two weeks of searching (with my car off the 
road), I had to replace all three pulleys and purchase a new water 
pump with the shorter spindle.  I also had to machine the alternator 
adjusting bracket so that I could tighten the belt enough (you could 
probably bypass this part by purchasing a smaller belt, but it was fun 
- you gotta love dremel tools!).  Anyway, good luck.  You will really 
be impressed with this "simple" mod once you are done.

 Is there a problem with my 90amp alternator?
Any other timing or spin problems with all this??

Not that I know of, but while you're at this, if you haven't done this 
already, you could remove those annoying timing belt covers (just a 
suggestion).

HTH,

John
80 Scirocco S

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