Can you install a smaller pulley on the water pump and the alternator also
to negate the "gear ratio" change?

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hunter" <EVEHART33@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 5:48 PM
Subject: Installing a TD harmonic dampner on Vanagon diesel

> I was planning to install the dampner pulley from a 85TD onto my 1.9
> converted Vanagon which has the stamped steel pulley when I saw a
potential
> problem. The stamped pulley has 2 belt grooves which are the same size
with
> only the outer one being used going to the water pump. The dampner pulley
> 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
> pulley, partially wrapping the water pump pulley, and adjusting at the
> alternator. However, I've been told that the one belt system doesn't
contact
> the water pump sufficiently on Vanagons  and may cause overheating from
belt
> slippage. Is there a solution to this problem?
> Thanks,
>
> Ken Hunter
> 82 Westy 1.9D
> 84 Jetta 1.5D
>