[Vwdiesel] Waterpump pulley diameter is wrong.

[William Longyard]

Erik and Bryan,

Thanks for your comments.  I just found out that two sized pumps came with 
the diesel.  One had a 2" hub, and the other a 1 1/2" hub.  Of course I had 
the wrong sized pump, but just went to the parts place to get the right 
sized one.  Sadly, I can't take back the wrong/smaller one because I got it 
on eBay. : (   The guy I bought it from is a supposed VW parts dealer in 
Charlotte, NC and he should have asked me what size when I ordered it.  I 
guess the lesson is that sometimes "saving" a few dollars on eBay, instead 
of going to the local parts guy, just doesn't pay off.

Thanks for everyone's help.

Bill Longyard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Lane" <eriklane at gmail.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Waterpump pulley diameter is wrong.


> There are two different possibilities for those pumps and the whole
> difference is just what you found - one has a smaller hub than the
> other. The parts places usually ask me when I'm buying one. I don't
> know if there's a pattern or not for which ones have one or the other.
> There are different sized pulleys on some of the cars, so you might
> have luck with a wrecking yard, but even with all of that it might be
> easier to replace the pump. I have no idea how hard it would be to
> find the right part. If you talk to a shop that really knows VW and
> works on them much you might find one that would have some spare
> parts??
>
> You don't have to remove the housing of the water pump to replace the
> pump itself. So you shouldn't have to remove the A/C compressor. But
> that would mean that you would have to remove the timing belt and the
> pulley for the intermediate shaft, so that's quite a job as well
> unless you don't have those on yet.
>
> Good luck,
> Erik
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:26 AM, William  Longyard
> <longyard at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> I just replaced my waterpump and attached it to the 1.6 NA diesel truck,
>> reinstalled the a/c compressor, and now I go to put on the pulley and 
>> find
>> that it doesn't fit the waterpump I was sold.  The hub diameter is too 
>> small
>> and the mounting flange holes are also in a smaller circumference than my
>> original pulley.
>>
>> What's up?  What kind of waterpump do I have?  I would rather not remove 
>> the
>> a/c, and the new waterpump.  Can I just find a different pulley that 
>> would
>> work?  What do I need?
>>
>> HELP!! Please.
>>
>> Bill Longyard
>>
>>
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