I cut the insulation away from the decklid in that area so it would clear.
No prob after that. No I didnt replace the thermostat housing. The original
worked jsut fine.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Anyone use A3 serpentine pulleys & brackets on a VW 1.8
>       inline-4?
>Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:19:49 -0800
>
>On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:09:35 +0000, Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
> > I have done this a few times. Most customers did not want to pay me to
>build
> > a plate/bracket to make it factory correct. So I left the extra bolt
>out. No
> > problems yet. I do have one customer that has no AC and no PS and he has
>a
> > slight rattle at 2200 rpms. Nothing major. That was about 4 months ago.
>All
> > the others that I have put it on without the extra bolt had no rattle
>and no
> > problem. FYI, it makes everything quiter, easier to work on, and
>smoother.
> > HTH
> >
> > Chris DeLong
> > Fine Tuning
> > 206.522.5503
> > www.finetuningperformance.com
> > Seattle, WA USA
>
>Thanks, Chris. That was what I was hoping to hear. I assume the
>alternator in your conversions stuck up against the rear deck. Mine
>does by about an inch.
>
>Do you bother swapping out the output flange for the lower hose on the
>waterpump? Looks like it will fit with that but I do have the one from
>the donor engine. Just curious.
>
>Thanks again,
>BenT