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Subject:FW: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley
From:Robert Clemmer
Date:Sat, 19 May 2012 21:01:36 -0400

Just one quick piece of advice.  When changing your belts as normal
maintenance, always put the old belts under your seat or some place on your
car.  That way you'll always have a spare that fits.  May not be brand new,
but serviceable and get you to where  you need to be.

BC

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
pickle vanagon
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley

Its a new 2.1 in a mostly 1.9 configuration.

We have a plan in motion now though, and expect to be on the rooad tonight.

One question though:
I found a new belt in my trunk that's a contitech avx13.  Is this the
correct belt for a 1.9?  I don't have any packaging for it.
On May 19, 2012 7:48 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  ad usual,
> no indication of what vanagon engine it is.
>
> if it's a waterboxer ...many Bosch alternators will have a similar pulley.
> There has been, in the past at least, a whole kit with new alternator
> pulley, a washer, nut etc.
>
> On 5/19/2012 3:11 PM, pickle vanagon wrote:
>
> We're broken down near state college, pa.  The pulley on our
> alternator broke and its chewing up belts in minutes.  New alternators
> don't come with the pulley so getting one locally seems very tricky.
> Any suggestions (ie models with equivalent pulleys)?
>
> Thanks!
> Wes
> Cell: 412 708 3772
>
>

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