Re: 16V A/C removal, keeping power steering...

[Eric L Ellis <elf16v@juno.com>]

Dear Mr. Cheapass,

I've experimented with the aluminum bracket (teardrop shaped) you speak
of and I can tell you plainly..."It don't work so good!"  The problem
I've run into is finding an alternator with long enough ears at the pivot
point to allow for adjustment.  You bang the bracket, move up one
centimeter, bang the lower plenum...thus you have floppy belt syndrome. 
I had access to hundreds of alternator configurations and didn't find one
that would pump the amps AND allow for the adjustment.

Why is everyone so reluctant to use my A/C removal write up?  All you
need is a different belt, a shim, a hammer, and a hacksaw or plasma
cutter.  Simple way to drop 40lbs!

Eric
Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun!
http://www.geocities.com/blitzkrieg16v
AOL IM: OneSixV
MSN ID: OneSixV



On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:49:20 -0800 (PST) Cheapass Ron
<rapieper@yahoo.com> writes:
> The requirements are to remove the A/C gracefully, drop the 
> alternator
> to a more compact location, retain power steering, and ditch that 
> big
> old boat anchor mount that weighs about 15 pounds or so.
> 
> So...Saturday at the junkyard, Ben and I removed the alternator 
> mount
> from an Audi 4000.  This (so far) looks like a fantastic solution 
> since
> on this engine (5 cyl, iirc, mounted longitudinally) Audi mounts 
> the
> A/C on the opposite side of the engine, below where our passenger 
> side
> engine mount is.  The alternator bracket is a ridiculously simple
> affair, same as a VW Fox, and weighs almost nothing.  The Audi PS 
> pump
> is in the familiar location.
> 
> Over the water pump is a very nice and light cast aluminum piece 
> which
> provided the power steering pump mounting point (that long, 
> horizontal
> bolt).  Ben compared this to the cast iron anchor that is on the 
> 16V
> engine, and the report is that it appears to be compatible.
> 
> I'll need an 8V style alternator, since I believe the mounts are
> different, and also - maybe - a different water pump pulley.  
> Hopefully
> the one from the Audi, to keep things simple.
> 
> It'll be a few weeks before I can fit it all up, but thought I'd 
> toss
> this out for comment and any BTDT's using these parts.
> 
> I'll assemble a how-to with photos and P/N's if this works...
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Cheapass Ron
> "Victor" '87 16V Scirocco
> "Teufelhasen" '93 Cabby <-For sale
> 
> You will regret more what you didn't do and could have than what you 
> did do and shouldn't have.
> 
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