RE: a/c removal bracket (16V)

["Bradley Peet" <btpeet@effervescent.com>]

I did the same thing... I shimmed the pulley out with a second washer from
another alternator.  It doesn't line up perfectly but it seemed to work well
enough for a short term solution.  A third washer would have been great, but
what happens is you run out of threads on the alternator shaft when you go
to put the nut back on.  The other serious problem with the "hacked"
approach is the alternator adjustment arm.  If you use the stock A/C 16V
arm, it is the wrong shape and too long so it hits the alternator fan
blades.  I had to grind down the end of that arm like mad in order for it to
work.  It just so happens this very setup is now on Shannon Fenton's car
(and he ground the adjuster arm down even more).  As for me, I'm sticking
with my a/c this time!

Bradley

-----Original Message-----
From: SII2L16V@aol.com [mailto:SII2L16V@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:30 AM
To: btpeet@effervescent.com; mikolajczuk@mediaone.net
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: a/c removal bracket (16V)


In a message dated 3/20/01 8:06:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
btpeet@effervescent.com writes:

> Either route you go, you'll need a different pulley with a longer
>  "extension".  Good luck.

not necessarily.  i recently did this conversion but i modified/hacked a 16v
a/c bracket from a 2.0 not from a 1.8.  anyway, i didn't have to use a
different pulley.  i used a spacer that was on the alternator from from an
a2.  it lines up perfectly! HTH

mp


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