Why exactly would one need to replace the alternator with one from an A2?

Chris DeLong
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>From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
>Reply-To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: tiico vibrations solved...
>Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:08:15 -0800
>
>got the vibrations, all of them, solved.
>rip out the tiico bracckets and convert all to jetta/golf parts. Get
>everything from an 86-92 A2 engine (golf, jetta, etc).  You need the
>alternator, powersteering pump and the high pressure powersteering pump
>line, plus the bracketry and tensioning bolts. If you have AC you'll need
>the A2 compressor and those brackets too.
>matthew
>86 syncro westy i4
>
>Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
>Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
>University of Idaho
>www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

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