Read the email, put on the sunglasses and Burks, go out and lift the
hatch(es), take a look, scratch the head, come back in and read again, go
back out... come back, reply.

I should just take a bunch of pics of the thing from every angle and keep
'em on my hard drive.

Anyway, if I'm reading you right, the 'bottom pivot point' on the right is
the mount for the adjustment bracket/mount that passes underneath the
compressor- I don't think you'd have to mess with that part of it. On mine
you loosen the two top right bolts and the two left bolts and adjust with
the long vertical bolt on the left.

At least I think so.

Good luck,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "robert shawn feller" <carboncow@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: belt replacment...grrrrrr...

> we'll why troubleshooting the cooling system today we snapped the
> waterpump/alternator belt. Good somone shed some light on the best way to
> do
> this as Bentley is usless, you know how they cover it
>
> 1. indentify belt
> 2. remove belt
>
> gee thanks. i'm rather confused on how to slacken tension on the a/c
> compressor. there appears to be both a top and bottom pivot point on the
> compress along with the adjuster along the left. never seen anything like
> this before and it appears its just easier to remove the whole a/c...got
> to
> be a better way.
>
> --
> shawn feller, ohio
> 1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia
> 1993 vw eurovan gl
> plus a couple of saabs, boats, jet skis, dog and wife (all require to much
> maintenance, accept the dog)...
>
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