[Vwdiesel] Help me out, folks... 1.5D into '88 Fox

[Val Christian]

I have a complete AC for a 79 Rabbit, complete with brackets and a 
new compressor (rotary).  I don't think it will work in your setup.
If you think otherwise, email me and we can have a conversation.

The 79 was a 1.5 engine.



> 
> 
> I would not even consider using a York style compressor - they draw
> way more power than necessary and we can ill afford that with our
> low-output engines.  Figure out a way to adapt a rotary compressor -
> they only draw 1.5hp.
> 
> 
> BTW If anyone still wants to use the York compressor, I have the one
> from my '85 Quantum TD sitting on the garage floor.  It appears to be
> in good condition.  I'm not going to use it even though it will bolt
> right up to my engine.
> 
> 
> -David
> 
> 
> -----Original message-----
> From: "mark shepherd" mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk
> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:45:54 -0500
> To: "vw fans" Vwdiesel at vwfans.com, "Kurt Nolte"
> syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Help me out, folks... 1.5D into '88 Fox
> 
> > Will it not be easier to use a York a/c pump then?
> > WRT those small terminals. (without looking at my freestanding
> glowplug 
> > setup which is 9 miles away) arethey not the same as speaker
> terminals... 
> > They only carry signal levels of power anyway...
> > Mark
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kurt Nolte" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Help me out, folks... 1.5D into '88 Fox
> > 
> > 
> > > Dashers are listed as having AC for the diesel models as well, and
> I
> > > even have a diesel with AC, unfortunately the engine is dead.
> > >
> > > The Alternator tucks in right above the AC compressor, similar to
> the
> > > Quantum setup, and I have the appropriate brackets to do so,
> pulled from
> > > the Dasher, but... like I said, looks like the front engine
> mount/torque
> > > stop is of a different style and place from the Fox gas torque
> stop.
> > >
> > > B & R Decker wrote:
> >>> Hi Kurt;
> > >> I have an 89 Fox wagon with air but it is a gasser. The only
> Dasher I
> > >> have ever had with air was also a gasser. I just don't see where
> you are
> > >> going to mount both the alternator and the compressor since you
> will have 
> > >> a
> > >> diesel injection pump where you would mount one or the other.
> Perhaps 
> > >> mount
> > >> the alternator above the injection pump and bubble the hood???
> > >> Brian Decker
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >> From: "Kurt Nolte" 
> > >> To: 
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:23 AM
> > >> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Help me out, folks... 1.5D into '88 Fox
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> I have the engine, I have the Fox, I have alternators
> andwaterpumps and
> > >>> compressors that I need to make work.
> > >>>
> > >>> I live in the Southeast, so Summer is fast approaching, where
> > >>> temperatures will soar up into the upper nineties and lower
> hundreds on
> > >>> a regular basis, with the humidity to match. AC is almost a
> necessity; I
> > >>> can get by without it, but it will certainly make me surly and a
> nasty
> > >>> SOB to deal with at work (I drive a bus).
> > >>>
> > >>> With the Fox being longitudinal (ala Quantum and Dasher) I need
> to find
> > >>> an appropriate mounting solution for both the AC compressor and
> the
> > >>> alternator. The Quantum AC bracket is a York instead of a Sankyo
> rotary
> > >>> type unit like the Fox, so that won't work... I have the Dasher
> > >>> brackets, but it looks like the front mount isintegral with the
> bracket
> > >>> and I'm wondering if that would put it in the wrong place for
> the Fox.
> > >>> Cut it off and use the Fox mount?
> > >>>
> > >>> I appeal to the greater knowledge of this forum for help my time
> of
> > >>> troubles.
> > >>>
> > >>> -Kurt
> > >>>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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