RE: 86 a/c into 82 questions

["Curt Voss" <curtv@eudoramail.com>]

Thanks Larry. Turns that the person who told me that musta been on drugs. I looked at my '86 and the crank and water pump both have double pulleys, one set for the crank/water pump/power steering belt, and the other for the crank/water pump/ac compressor. I verified with the parts store that the a/c belt is the same part number with or without power steering. So about the only question now is whether the old alternator will mount to the new brackets.

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'86 Scirocco 8V, soon to be sold
'82 Scirocco 1.8 8v - the daily driver
'81 Caddy
'78 Rabbit 1.7L rustbucket in semi-retirement

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 06:40:19   Fry, Larry wrote:
>Don't sweat the pulley sizes!  They won't make any noticeable difference in
>either AC or alt output.  You can get belts in virtually any size (length
>and width) you need.  If your local auto parts store doesn't have one, an
>industrial supply house will.  All you need is the length; use a piece of
>3/8" dia. rope looped where the belt will go to get a close-enough length.
>Take your old belt with you so they can match the width.  Go for it!
>
>LARRY E. FRY ('87 16V, '81 S)
>Senior Engineering Technician
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>		-----Original Message-----
>		From:	Curt Voss [mailto:curtv@eudoramail.com]
>		Sent:	Friday, July 20, 2001 2:32 PM
>		To:	scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>		Subject:	86 a/c into 82 questions
>
>		I need to replace the a/c compressor on my '82. I've always
>detested the early a/c setup where everything is in everything else's way so
>I'm going to take advantage of the situation to convert to the later system
>with a cylindrical compressor, like in my '86. I scavenged most of what I
>need out of Pick N Pull but am running into a problem with pulleys. I was
>told that the crank, water pump, and compressor pulleys are all different
>sizes depending on whether the car has power steering. Mine doesn't so of
>course every wrecked car I can find does. I can either keep looking until I
>(hopefully) find a non-p/s donor, or go with the p/s parts and try to match
>up a belt by size. Anyone have any suggestions as to which is the better
>course of action? The water pump on the car I stripped the rest of the stuff
>off looked like it had two different-sized pulleys, does that mean it's
>universal for both p/s and non-p/s? Also, I don't know about my alternator -
>will the '82 alternator work as is, do I need to replace the pulley, or am I
>going to have to replace it and the wiring harness?
>
>		Many, many, many thanks to anyone who can help with this
>		---
>		Curt
>
>		'86 Scirocco 8V, soon to be sold
>		'82 Scirocco 1.8 8v - the daily driver
>		'81 Caddy
>		'78 Rabbit 1.7L rustbucket in semi-retirement
>
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