A/C & P/S delete & Serpentine Belt Thread

[GoLfMan]

Maybe you should bring me up to speed on the basics one day.

Pete

anytime just give us a hollah

[mollins]

i thought id just link to the serp setup that will be going on my mk1.

Uses a 1.9TDI crank pulley with the TDI/VR6 waterpump pulley and an alternator setup from some of the overseas mk3's without aircon

this is way more expensive (and less impressive) than pete's DIY option, but seeing as I had to clear the injector pump on my TDI, it was my only option other than to go back to a v-belt

info and pics here

[INA]

The issue with the ebay pulleys is that alot of teeth are not really "in sync" or filed down after they are machined.Once completed the rough machined parts are put in boxes and shipped to the customers.
Reality is you get what you pay for...

With mine you will see that the pulleys are machined,then smoothed so that the teeth dont bite the belts then anodized....

[ozgti]

Could you not go with the MK3 alternator setup? I'm about to do this on my MK2 1.8 gti but need a crank pulley (and Ideally a ramp!). The aleternator sits on a bracket that comes off the waterpump bracket. There's a link on Ed 38

http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=203338

I just scrounged this off a mk3 Vento and will be replacing the pump as mine's leaking a header tank a day from it! Not good when the weather's bad.

[Peter Jones]

Umm didn't I do that on page 1 of this thread?


Pete

Could you not go with the MK3 alternator setup? I'm

about to do this on my MK2 1.8 gti but need a crank pulley (and Ideally a ramp!). The aleternator sits on a bracket that comes off the waterpump bracket. There's a link on Ed 38

http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=203338

I just scrounged this off a mk3 Vento and will be replacing the pump as mine's leaking a header tank a day from it! Not good when the weather's bad.

[Peter Jones]

Ahh, OK, I see what's going on.

Some of the local MK 3 1800 CLs came without a/c and got that bracket but there's not many of those about. The a/c version above is far more common.


Pete

[ozgti]

Kinda, I think.

The setup i've got has the alternator with a spring under it to tension the belt. How come yours has a seperate tensioner?

From memory (it is almost 2am here) the alternator sits closer to the water pump than your setup ie lower.

[ozgti]

Ahhh..

oops, beat me to it!

lol

[Peter Jones]

See above

Almost every MK3 model here came with airconditioning, so those brackets are like hen's teeth in these parts. I didn't realise you were posting from the UK.

Pete

[ozgti]

If you want, I can find out how much to ship a few of these to Oz? there's qite a few in the local scrappy.

[Peter Jones]

Thanks, I'm sure a few would take you up on the offer but we'd need the alternator too and shipping rates on that sort of weight from the UK to Australia are notoriously expensive, hence the local innovations

Be sure to pop up a few pics when you're done so we can see how your solution all fits together.

Pete

[Water Boy]

Mine has no AC

[ozgti]

To remove the crank pulley, is it just the 4 allen head bolts or is it the HUUUGE bolt as well?

Went to get a pulley from a scrapper and the pulley wouldn't come off!

[Peter Jones]

I'm pretty sure it's just the 4 bolts. I'll take a look tonight.

Pete

[ozgti]

Cheers.

Did you put your bolts back in?