I had the same thing happen on my '84 in late summer.  Compressor was shot
and I wasn't going to work on it until this coming spring.  I just cut
through the belt (old any) to remove it, and secured the compressor with
heavy bailing wire.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim King <tking_ms@MSN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: AC compressor question...

> Happy Friday --
>
> Basic question, but I gotta ask: My compressor mounts (on the compressor
> body) are cracked.  As the belt spins, the unit bounces around more than I
> comfortable with. At least until I decide how to fix this, can I just
remove
> the AC belt? I assume this won't hurt anything... I just won't have AC.
> Correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
> Tim King
> Seattle, WA
> 87 Syncro Westy (new u-joints = actual 4wd!)