I thought I mentioned earlier that this was a water cooled 2.1. Sorry. The
upper bracket is cracked at the lower bolt. I removed that. Looking into
mine a little further. The lower bracket has been re-welded and sloppy I
might add. that and it is only connected by one stripped bolt. It seems that
this is the major problem because the alignment is off and the alternator
sits at an angle and off center. It didnt throw the belt and was working
fine on the trip across the state after I bought the van and I never checked
it until the water pump install. I guess this is going to be another project
that I hadnt planned on. :() I checked the pulley and even filed it smooth
before I put it back on, still had the marks from the old pump on it so that
was easy but I did check alignment before installing the belt.
I plan on spending some time at the wrecking yard to see if I can find
something that has "more meat" and a better mount so I wont have to go
through this again.
How much for the tube and stick shipped to 33523?

Thanks,

A J

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> 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
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> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 11:25 AM
> Subject: never ending saga working on the Vanagon
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