[T3] Fan Pulley Fell Off

[jadney at vwtype3.org (Jim Adney)]

On 27 May 2015 at 14:28, Chris Sheridan wrote:

> 1) The pulley's dowel is missing and the hole has been comprimised

Yes, you need to replace the pulley. They come with various timing 
marks, so you want to get a correct one. You need one from a '68-'71. 
The one from your second-hand engine should work just fine. The one 
from ebay is likely to have the wrong timing marks. (It will fit, but 
then you'll may get confused when you try to time the engine.)

> 2) an unusual shaped washer/spacer fell out and is broken - not sure where
> it goes or where to get a new one

That's a spacer shim. There are 0, 1, or 2 on each engine. I usually 
find 1 or 2 and have found that they work fine with 0. The purpose is 
to space the pulley out far enough that the generator belt can clear 
the fan housing.

> 3) The Fan's dowel hole also appears to be somewhat messed up.

Yeah, take a very good look at the fan. In addition to the dowel 
hole, it's quite possible that the surface where the pulley seats has 
been worn such that a new pulley won't seat flat there. This is 
likely to put the pulley off-center and out of balance.

You can use the pulley and fan from your second hand engine, or I 
have all those parts, including the shims washers, and bolts, 
available here.  

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
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