are you sure you put the water pump pulley on correctly ?
It will 'conveniently' ( not ) fit backwards, and the belt alignment will be
off, by a whole belt's width.
it's easy to not notice this too.   It'll work a while until it jumps off.

Alternator mounting is a weak link on waterboxer engines too.  You want to
make sure all that stuff is nice n' tight.
I probably have a dozen waterboxer dipstick tubes with dipsticks if you'd
like to buy one.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "A2L1" <mr.a2l1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 11:25 AM
Subject: never ending saga working on the Vanagon

> Well I got the water pump back on and used new stainkless allens with
> anti-seize and replaced a couple of the hoses while it was all exposed.
> All
> is good with the world.  For about 10 minutes!!! I drove up on the ramps
> to
> bleed the cooling system. Ran it up to about 2500 and then the bang. The
> alternator belt decided it was done and it wanted off the ride. As the
> broken belt was whirling around it also took the dipstick and tube with
> it.
> I have a dipstick stuck in a tube shaped like an s sitting on the floor.I
> now know why there is such an attachment to the Vanagons. You spend as
> much
> time working on it as you do with your family and slowly it becomes a
> member
> of the family because of the involvement of time.
> I am going to see what I can do about making a secure bracket for the
> alternator. Something that wont bend. I dont know what to do about the
> dipstick and the tube. I dont suppose anyone on the list just happens to
> have one laying around? Any suggestions an the bracket for the alternator?
>
>
>
> A J
>
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> mr.a2l1ATgmailDOTcom