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Hopefully it will all line up for you. I think the MK 3 1800 waterpump pulley has a different offset to the VR6 one I used. The MK 4 pulleys are different again.
I left the belt cover off, I couldn't be bothered trying to make the MK 3 one fit around the MK1 engine mount.
I cut the old belt and marked it at the extremes of the adjuster range to work out the minimum and maximum lengths it could be.
Armed with this I stopped in at Autobarn (It was on my way when running some other errands) and thouroughly confused a 16 year old girl behind the counter. OK perhaps not the best place to ask.
Repco was a few doors down the road and were a lot more switched on.
Here's the missing part of the equation.
Just so there's no doubt.
6PK is the same profile as the original belt. The other part of the code is the length in mm. The original is 6PK1153 and the new one is 6PK1035, 118mm shorter.
Working backwards from this, this belt is to suit the new Mini and the Lexus es300 should anyone need another way to reference the part number.
GAP is showing this part 6K x 1033 http://www.germanautoparts.com/beta/...2/9310/5785607 which should do the trick, and for only US$14.24 rather than the AU$41 repco charged me.
Their verison is 2mm shorter, which will work fine. It's a contitech part too, which is the same as OEM Golf.
And here it is all fitted up.
Hope this helps.
Pete
Hey Pete,
I was thinking about the belt routing. Is the belt supposed to run on the ribs when it's on the water pump pulley? i thought smooth pulleys run the smooth side? I changed it on mine and I now get MORE heat through the heater core! So do i leave it your way with the ribs on the smooth pulley or run it the other way, smooth smooth?
Just read this and it's a cool little conversion. What's involved in grafting a Mk3 motor like this one into a Mk1? Is there a thread with an install documented in it that comes to mind?
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