Not an unqualified success!

SamWise · Post by **SamWise** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:43 pm

My Hydraulic Pump belt died, so I thought I'd fit a new one. After rounding off two allen key bolts, and losing the key down into the engine bay, I decided I could do the job without removing the intercooler. Then I discovered I had the wrong size belt. Some days you're just not winning.

Turns out, they'd sold me the belt for a 1.9 GTi, not a TD. Any bets how I'll go on tonight when I have the correct one?

mike st gilles · Post by **mike st gilles** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:05 pm

If its that sort of day best leave it til tomorrow

SamWise · Post by **SamWise** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:17 pm

That was yesterday. Today is bound to be wonderful!

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:55 pm

You are removing the battery first aren't you? Sorry if that sound like a daft question but I've previously spent AGES working on inaccessable parts, only to realise that by taking off and easily removabe component, the job would be a lot easier...

Also, the belt needs to be extremely tight - I use a wedge type balljoint splitter as a lever between the pump bracket and pump body to get sufficient tension to avoid slipping.

SamWise · Post by **SamWise** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:31 pm

I haven't, but on the TD, I don't think it's really anywhere near. I will take a look though when I go back, because I'm mistrusting my memory of the engine bay! Thanks for the tip,

SamWise · Post by **SamWise** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:57 pm

Ok, well, I'm clearly a dunderhead as regards positioning of the battery relative to the HP pump!

Anyway, didn't remove the battery, got the belt on no problem, used a big prybar to make sure it was tight, and whilst I was winning installed my new washer pump (some bodgery required - wrong connector), and made a new spraybar out of cable ties and washer hose with a few holes in, directly connected, avoiding the problem spot of the spindle. I feel like a success!

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:11 pm

Sam do own the BUS in you signiture, if so is it up and running, as my freind sets up and runs the HASTINGS (10666 and all that) bus raley every year around MAY time, he also is in charge of HAPPY HAROLD who is a HASTINGS trolley bus with a three cylinder diesel lump in it,

if you want i will pm you his phone No.

regards malcolm

SamWise · Post by **SamWise** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:54 pm

Hi Malcolm

I do own it, but it's by no means roadworthy. Big jobs of the summer are to pour a slab, put up the sectional garage I got off freecycle, and then have the bus towed into the space on my lawn/drive that's no longer full of bits of sectional garage, so I can do it up. Will be at least a year!