Re: help! AC to non-AC

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

This is too funny... I'm swapping an '84 Rabbit GTi from AC to non AC this
second... as in, I will be going over to the guy's house to do it in like ten
minutes and I just got done pulling all the stuff off my parts '83 to do it.
How do you change the darn alternator pulley? I've tried doing it and couldn't
figure it out. I pulled that nut off the end, and couldn't get the pulley to
come off.
    TIA,
    Josiah


Mark A Peele wrote:

> Assuming you are swapping brackets (factory set-up) like me - 99.9999%
> sure.
> I'll be 100% sure in a day or so (maybe tonight)
>
> I consulted Potterman on this a few months back - I've been sitting on
> the parts since the 4th of July . . .
>
> If you get to it before me - why don't you just try it? Once you've
> swapped the AC crap out, installing / removing the alternator is so easy.
>
> Maybe the local parts guys don't know that you can swap the pulley (all
> 30mm hub WPs are the same, when I buy them, they don't come with
> pulleys).
>
> If you're really in doubt - call Potterman or Mark @ adirondack . . .
>
> Mark . . .
> Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
> Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
> http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/marc.htm
>
> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:26:08 -0700 "Alex Ting"
> <alex@millenniumsolutions.net> writes:
> >
> >Hey Mark,
> >
> >yeah, mine's an 8v ('83).  I got mixed responses
> >when I called a coupla local shops about what all
> >I need to change.  I know for sure I need to change
> >the crank pulley.  I'm getting a new water pump, non-ac
> >so it will already come with the different pulley.
> >My only concern is that two shops said I will need a
> >different alternator.
> >
> >Are you sure that i can use the same one with just
> >the different pulley?
> >
> >Thanks......
> >
> >Alex Ting
> >Millennium Solutions Group, Inc.
> >8303 Sierra College Blvd., Suite 150
> >Granite Bay, CA 95746
> >
> >Phone: 888-801-2001 or 916-797-9998
> >Fax: 916-797-9997
> >Email: alex@millenniumsolutions.net
> >
> >
> >
> >----------
> >> From: Mark A Peele <scirocco.gtx@juno.com>
> >> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> Cc: alex@millenniumsolutions.net
> >> Subject: help! AC to non-AC
> >> Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 9:13 AM
> >>
> >> Is yours an 8V?
> >>
> >> I'm actually doing this to my '82 this week.
> >>
> >> The WP is the same for all 8V (a/c or no a/c)
> >>
> >> I am using the same alternator (needs a different pulley - see
> >below)
> >>
> >> This is what I'm doing:
> >>
> >> I got the alt. brackets (bolt to block) and the adjuster off a
> >Rabbit (no
> >> a/c)
> >> I got the alt. pulley off the same.
> >> I got the crank pulley off the same.
> >> I ordered a non a/c waterpump pulley from Potterman for a 30mm WP
> >hub
> >> (the rabbit had a 40mm hub).
> >>
> >> I'll be doing this in the evening this week - starting tonight.
> >>
> >> Mark . . .
> >> Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
> >> Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
> >> http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/marc.htm
> >> --------- Begin forwarded message ----------
> >> From: "Alex Ting" <alex@millenniumsolutions.net>
> >> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >> Subject: help! AC to non-AC
> >> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:12:08 -0700
> >> Message-ID: <199809281510.IAA28698@jasmine.psyber.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hey fellow listers,
> >>
> >> blew my water pump last week.  Realized that I
> >> had to pull the whole AC compressor and bracket
> >> just to get to the top bolts of the water pump.
> >> Now I figure that I just want to leave the AC off.
> >>
> >> I've been told I need to change the crank pulley and
> >> get a non-AC water pump, but I've also heard that
> >> I need to change the whole alternator as well.
> >> Is this true, or can I just change the alternator pulley?
> >> Got to do this tomorrow, so any answers today
> >> would be really appreciated.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Alex Ting
> >> Millennium Solutions Group, Inc.
> >> 8303 Sierra College Blvd., Suite 150
> >> Granite Bay, CA 95746
> >>
> >> Phone: 888-801-2001 or 916-797-9998
> >> Fax: 916-797-9997
> >> Email: alex@millenniumsolutions.net
> >>
> >>
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