Twicky Wabbit As I recall, those things bear a good cooling system flush frequently aw well...
Ed Hall wrote: > Food for thought. > > I have a '79 Rabbit. I recently put in an ammeter mostly out of curiosity > and because I had one lay'n around. > > The bolts that hold the alternator bracket to the block broke off one night > (non-spec bolts + cyclic fatigue over time). The alternator is the belt > tensioner for the water pump. By losing the tension in the belt, the water > pump stopped pumping. Over heating is the weak link in the otherwise amazing > VW diesel engine. > > Fortunately the ammeter indicated something was up, I pulled over to have a > look and was surprised to find my alternator dangling. The idiot light never > came on to indicate that the alternator was no longer alternatoring. > > I could have easily cooked my motor that night. > > Macgyver trick: the rubber gasket in the lid of a 5 gallon bucket is a great > emergency fan belt. I doubled one up and ran it around the main pulley and > water pump pulley. I found one in a nearby dumpster. Once again, I found my > salvation in the bottom of a dumpser. > > Happy motoring! > > >>From: Kurt Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One >>Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:33:51 -0400 >> >> >>>>From the picture the engine looks the same, but could be the same >>>design and smaller displacement I suppose. The non-working >>>temperature guage is concerning, because overheating a diesel with an >>>aluminum head and cast iron block usually means putting a new head >>>gasket in it -- as least in the VW diesels. But that's pretty easy to >>>add a new temperature guage. >>> >>>Zeke >>> >> >>Yeah, if I do end up getting it, I have a whole suite of gauges and meters >>that are going in it. Head temp, Oil temp, Voltmeter, Ammeter (Iffy about >>putting this one in, unnecessary work.), stuff of that nature; I've been >>scrounging up meters for a while now. If it doesn't have a tach I'll see >>what I can do to pick a tasteful one up, instead of those gaudy "racer >>style" tachos. >> >>Still flirting with the idea, guess I should my act together and make a >>decision, eh? >> >>-Kurt > > > >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >>messages): >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
