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Subject:Re: Installing a TD harmonic dampner on Vanagon diesel
From:Matthew Pollard
Date:Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:30:17 -0800

Ken, you got the pulley thing backwards. A smaller pulley would turn
slower and cause the waterpump & alternator to spin slower- BUT with more
torque :-)  How much smaller? You may want to check out their ratios and
if your new pulley's ratio is much different than the old you may be in a
dilly of a pickel.
Cheers
Matthew

Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

> from the TD has 2 belt grooves also but the outer one is smaller diameter
> which would cause the water pump to spin faster and thus the alternator to
> spin faster. One solution would be to run a one-belt system using the inside
>