Author Topic: 1.6 Injection pump small bracket question (Read 2016 times)

girl Mark · « **on:** January 08, 2009, 04:53:20 pm »

Hi all,
I'm replacing an injection pump on an 84 rabbit and I now can't for the life of me figure out what this small, pressed-steel bracket is for (don't laugh).

It's very lightweight, and has a single small stud pressed in to one arm, with a hole for another bolt on the other arm.

The hole/stud are about the same length apart as the bolt holes on the front mounting bracket of the pump, but I can't figure out how that would go together since the stud in the bracket would get in the way of one of the regular, heavier IP mounting bolts.

Help?

girl Mark · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2009, 05:04:31 pm »

figured it out. What a weird design- it's basically an alignment bracket that holds the bottommost stud/bolt in place, in a place where you couldn't get a wrench normally.

That stud is how the bottommost of the three mounting "bolts" in the front is attached. Did they design this pump for another engine originally?

dillenger1 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2009, 05:07:03 pm »

Isnt their three of those?they triangulate the mounting surface of the IP.

girl Mark · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2009, 08:46:48 pm »

hmmm, that'd be bad news, I definitely didn't have three on this one. I assume they'd both connect to the one stud I just described?

Rabbit TD · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2009, 09:23:44 pm »

Quote from: "girl Mark"

hmmm, that'd be bad news, I definitely didn't have three on this one. I assume they'd both connect to the one stud I just described?

No, there is only 1 like that and you already figured out why they did it and you're right