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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: larry104 on July 21, 2010, 06:16:09 am

Title: Converting 1992 1.6 TD with A/C to serpentine belt drive?
Post by: larry104 on July 21, 2010, 06:16:09 am

I love my Jetta TD. I love my A/C. ;D I hate the alternator belt setup. >:( It's a terrible design. Tightening the belt reduces the wrap angle around the alternator pulley, dooming the belt to an endless cycle of tightening to failure. I tried -- with mixed success -- a reversed idler pulley that pushes rather than pulls on the belt for tightening. I installed a new alternator pulley. No improvement. I've heard of serpentine conversions for our cars but don't know where to get them. I've also heard you can use the A/C setup and pulleys off a 1.9 AAZ. Is that true? Anybody here done a serpentine conversion on a 1.6 with A/C. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Converting 1992 1.6 TD with A/C to serpentine belt drive?
Post by: theman53 on July 21, 2010, 07:01:50 am

http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=9599.0 (http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=9599.0)