Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Alex D on December 10, 2018, 19:44:18
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Trying to help out a friend. Does anyone who installed the Buds Benz underhood air conditioning had any water pump pulley alignment issues? Belt is fraying after 300 miles.
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Alex, i have not had A/C contacts with Buds Benz, but have with ignition etc,
and there service man, i think his name is Brad can be very helpful,suggest try him
some time,.
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Hi , just fitting my kit now and not much is lining up ! how did you resolve this ?
cheers Paulo
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We are still working on it, getting close.
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Hi progress update ...
I am having an 80/100 mm spacer made up ( 2 mm ) at the crank to match the water pump pulley
I used thick gasket paper to mock this up.
once that is set you can move onto the air cond belt ......
First i matched the idler pulley they sent to the air cond unit ( a bunch of washers did the trick )then bought a belt that actually fit.
I need about 2 more mm between the new double row pulley and the crank/ harmonic balancer .
I ended up spacing out the compressor (more washers )
the exciting thing is the power steering pump seems to have a floating shaft ,and it will slide out to match the new position nicely .
( please check this on yours to make sure my rebuild guy wasnt lying his ass off ! )
I can only assume buds have changed the compressors for something with a different ear, that has pushed the belts out , that was my next option , trying to machine back the ears (or remake that barbecue plate )
cheers and good luck
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Even adding a Sanden compressor on the stock bracket can be an issue, I must have unbolted the compressor 6 times to get it all lined up.