[Vwdiesel] removing a/c from 91 Jetta. WAS: Alt Bracket?

[Will Taygan]

Update: climbed under the eco today.  Huh, so... The a2 Jetta a/c mount
is the same parts as the a2 Jetta alternator mount, just with the
compressor in it?? Is this right??

An a2 non-a/c alternator pulley may be all that is needed, with either
the non-A/C 65amp Alt - or hopefully the turbovans.com 90amp bracket
extension will fit the Jetta Alt too!  Man, that would make it easier!

Note: the 90amp is larger, and the mounting holes are different (which
is what the adapter compensates for)

Will in Alaska.

On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 16:21 -0900, Will Taygan wrote:
> Oh, my.  
> 
> So, I think I'll take the diesel Rabbit pulleys and use them on the
> diesel Vanagon - no power steering/same alt. bracket part number.
> Adding a late-vanagon 90 amp (same small mounting bolt size) and use the
> turbovans adapter.
> 
> For the 91 eco I think I have to use the beefy 85 Jetta alternator
> bracket because it connects to the power steering system?? - have to
> confirm this.  
> 
> Looks like non-ac/non-ps diesel pulleys were the same for the
> rabbit/Jetta.  But the eco has power steering, so that also makes the 85
> Jetta setup a good choice as it's got the secondary ps pulleys.  (note:
> a/c and non-a/c pulleys are different  (well, at least on the crank!).
> 
> **A quick question:  How is the power steering belt routed on a mid-80s
> non-AC Jetta?  Do both the alt and ps belts wrap around the crank *and*
> the water pump?**
> 
> note: in the eco (with a/c) the ps belt just connects to the crank
> pulley.
> 
> Yep, I'm thinking the eco (a/c) alternator will bolt up to the 85 non-ac
> bracket with Scott/turbovans little adapter bracket.  Keeping a 90 amp
> in a non-a/c!
> 
> I still have to confirm alt-pulleys and ps-setup.
> 
> This adventure is led on by the incredibly stupid adjusting system on
> the eco (pre-serpentine).  A/C doesn't work and the belts are always
> squealing...
> 
> Whew!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 00:47 -0900, Will Taygan wrote:
> > I'm doing the same thing on a '91 ecodiesel.  I think you'll need all
> > the non-a/c Jetta/rabbit pulleys.  FYI, Scott Daniels at turbovans.com
> > makes a little bracket so you can put a 90amp Vanagon alternator onto a
> > diesel-vanagon bracket - which as far as I can tell is the same as the
> > rabbit bracket?? (I think it will also work with the mid-80s Jetta
> > bracket, I was checking today, but haven't got all the pulleys out of
> > the various snow-covered boxes yet.)
> > 
> > Will in Alaska.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 08:50 -0600, Chris Geiser wrote:
> > > Anyone on the list have in their parts stash a mounting bracket / tensioner
> > > from the old 1.6 diesels without AC that they'd part with?
> > > My 92 Jetta Ecodiesel needs an alternator, and while I'm replacing that, I'd
> > > like to get rid of the AC compressor in that system (all else AC related
> > > already gone), but right now the pulley of the compressor is needed to
> > > complete the belt tensioning...
> > > 
> > > CG
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