Another V-Belt Post

[Darkness_is_spreading]

I have a 37.5 " belt running from the water pump to the crank, to the AC

The other belt is 26" and that runs from the AC to the Alternator,  I had to re rig my bolts on my ac, but it's all good now, I finally can drive my car again

[BellCityDubber]

It's good to see all this different information on all the different types of v-belts on all the cars....

too bad the bentley didnt account for this  

I managed to get my alternator belt changed, and I did a retension after my test run, and now it's doing it again  :evil:  :shock:  


it seems when I get the car up at 3krpms the belt will just slip and I get the alt. light and the tach drops...

could this be symptoms of a dying alternator or a bad idler bearing or something???

I've found this post
http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1925&highlight=alternator
and those are exactly my symptoms...

I think I need a new alternator..
 :cry:

SATURDAY UPDATE

this morning, I decided to wake up early and go to the junkers.... making the assumption that they'd have SOMETHING....

so I get up, call around, and the only answer I get is "yeh we gotz sum dem der volkswagen diesels - bring `er by so we can match sumtin' up"  :roll:

as much to my dismay, I have no other option at this time... so out comes the alternator and off I go to the junkers.... the first place had a early diesel, but the alternator wires werent the same.... and the rest were gas alternators and one of the shelf didn't have a W terminal on it...

so off I went to the second junkers.

in I went with the alternator, someone handed me off to somebody else and into the stock shelves we went.... and she was looking thru ford and chev and import alternators.... and in the box at the bottom in the far corner I reach in. pull one out. and go

" I GOT IT! "

45 bucks later....

it rains...

more to this story when the rain stops.

----- POST RAIN UPDATE -----

Alright, so the used alt. is in. and works, it charges but now, my tach doesnt work  :shock:
all the connections are the same and everything, except that the orientation of the connection points for the wires were not the same.. but it DOES put out 14v, so I'm happy

it seems it was my brushes all along.... does anyone know what's going on with the W terminal / Tachometer and why it doesnt seem to be working??

[fspGTD]

Moved to troubleshooting.  IDI engine is for power enhancement related discussion only.