[Vwdiesel] Quick Rabbit project update and question about pulleys

[David Cook]

Hello all-

Worked on the Rabbit for a little bit tonight.  I got
the old A/C compressor bracket off, thanks to a cheap
wrench being heated and bent.  I looked all over
Manhattan yesterday, and no one sold "S" shaped
wrenches.  A couple had some "C" shaped ones, but in
only a couple standard sizes.  

Today I went to the Sears in Topeka and they didn't
even have on, so I bought the 13mm wrench in their
cheap brand, and had one of the bus mechanics heat and
bend it.  Worked like a charm, thanks Roger for the
idea.

Anyway, I mounted up one of the long-snout alternators
with the new bracket, and it appears that the
alternator pulley won't line up with the water pump
pulley.  It is just a few mm too short.

Do I need a new water pump pulley to match?  How about
crank pulley?  Anyone have any ideas on shimming the
alternator pulley to make it stick out a little more? 
Could that work?  

If I need other new pulleys, anyone have part numbers?
 I see that in the trunk there are a couple other
pulleys, but I don't know what they are for.

Thanks,

David

David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599

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