[Vwdiesel] missing pieces

[Roger Brown]

Shalyn Shourds wrote:
>
> I was getting a lot of vibration from the engine of the '85 Jetta TD and
> I believe I've tracked it down to a missing bolt on the a/c bracket. Not
> loose, but missing.  I guess I gotta start working out and getting the
> bolts tighter or something.  I seem to lose a lot of a/c fasteners.
> Problem is, since it's missing, I don't know what size it was or what
> kind of bolt it was.  Anybody with the ETKA cd ( I REALLY wish I had one
> of those) know what fastener goes into the a/c bracket?  It's one of the
> bolts that goes into the long slot that adjusts the belt tension, the
> one on the pulley side opposite the 90 degree adjuster bolt.  I thought
> it was just a random bolt, but it almost looks like the tab off the
> compressor is threaded.
> Much appreciated.

My '81 was like this, there were (supposed to be) two bolts at the base of the A/C bracket that it pivoted on and then the
tensioner.  Seems that the holes in the bracket and the threaded holes in the compressor were different sizes, the threaded
holes being much smaller.  They the slight amount of play and the small bolt size, the bolts would fatigue and eventually shear
off making the compressor twist and get loose in the bracket.  I fixed it as follows:

	http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/Diesel/CheapTricks/index.shtml#ACbracket

You A2 may have a different setup, but the fix may be similar.  I had the bolts replaced once with stock parts, but it only
lasted a short time.

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    Roger