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Re: Isaac - 1992 Alpine White GTI 8v...

Reply #285
I woke at around 4am this morning thinking something similar... that maybe the belts are in the wrong place?

Scared the wits out of the dog going out to the garage to check, or else I'd never have gone back to sleep.

The PAS / water pump and the smaller outer crankshaft pulleys all line up together, the alt. and rearmost larger crank pulley are by themselves.

It's entirely down to the PAS belt being way too tight a fit... because of how the bracket works the tension is pulling the PAS pump up towards the water pump, but also more worryingly taking it away from the vertical too, meaning they're not only touching but not perfectly aligned either.

Not an ideal pic. to show the correct alignment, infact makes them look way off, but this is it set up perfectly, obviously less the belt.


    

What size belt have you got fitted here?
I find myself in the exact same situation as you now!
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Re: Isaac - 1992 Alpine White GTI 8v...

Reply #286
OK... incredibly it's been in excess of 6 months since I last signed in!

Reason? The spamming started up again soon after my last re-joining, plus the amount of days you'd sign in to see porn links and other dodgy posts was ridiculous.

Shame really that nobody was prepared to take the problems on board.

So this is a one off visit, primarily to close the account in case not doing so leaves things open in the future for any repeats.

Also going to take the opportunity to finalise Isaacs thread insofar as he's now all done, MOT'd and living a life again, but doubtless like any old car the story's always far from over.

Few piccies from today, before he gets a well deserved wash and tidy up in readiness of going into hibernation 'tll next year.

Didn't get to use him as much as hoped because of a few issues delaying things longer than planned over the better weather but even so still managed to rack up 500 odd enjoyable miles... so roll on 2023 and good luck / best of wishes everyone with your own projects.









































Re: Isaac - 1992 Alpine White GTI 8v...

Reply #288
That is stunning!