[Vwdiesel] alternator Q's

Shalyn Shourds sshourds at flash.net
Sun Sep 15 00:19:45 EDT 2002


Driving home tonight in the old '85 Jetta TD , I started hearing the
most fearful squalling coming from the engine bay.  Since I spent most
of the afternoon replacing four broken or lost A/C bracket bolts (held
in only by the belts, hoses, and gravity), I presumed that I had not
gotten something tight and a belt was making noise.  Not so.  The
alternator belt was indeed loose, but it seemed to have more to do with
the pulley end of the thing flopping around in the case.   I presume
that means that there's a bearing in there that has self-destructed,
probably because I finally got the belt tightened up good with the other
repairs.  This leads to a few questions.  1) can I replace just that one
bearing?  2)anyone have an ingenious plan on how to get by with only a
battery charger and no alternator in the car if I have to get the
alternator rebuilt?  I understand that the alternator is an important
part of the circuit to run the whole system.  If not, that's fine too.

    So much for that tournament I had planned to go to tomorow.  Having
only one car is not a good thing.

    -Shalyn

    '85 Jetta TD.  Job's wife.




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