Man, just what I wanted. I didn't think to look there.

Thanks!

Jim

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 3:02 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Van Café carries the rack and star gear-bolt set up for the 91 Vanagon.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Jim.
> Felder
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2022 3:23 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Further question on 1.6 TD alternator bracket--ISO parts
>
> A few months ago after my diesel westy alternator bracket broke I had to
> find a replacement. I needed look no further than my own parts stash to
> find the short adjustment arm used on the diesel Vanagon setup. The
> difficulty of getting such a part if one was stuck out on the road is
> something you don't want to go through. Pretty easy job, hard to find part.
>
>
> I found a spare on eBay, VW Audio stamped part number A 068 908 253 AA. It
> was cheap enough, and of better quality than the original in my opinion.
> Thicker, stouter, and with extra features like that geared rack that you
> may have seen on 1991 gas Vanagons to allow you to tension the alternator
> with a gear that fit in the rack so the the belt could be properly
> tightened with one wrench and locked down with another. Very slick, I had
> one for a 2.1 and sold it years ago. So I have this spiffy bracket but need
> the star gear to fit the rack (looks the same to me) and the lock bolt, in
> other words everything but the bracket to make this work. So does anyone
> have these parts for the part number mentioned above they would be willing
> to sell, or for the 2.1 bracket (but I don't need the bracket, just the
> gear and lock nut and anything that goes with that).
>
> I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows. I cross posted because
> the 2.1 gas vanagon are more likely to have this part lying around that
> diesel owners.
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
>