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Accessory bracket adapter for early VW block

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:02 pm
by vwnut8392
Have you ever tried to bolt an MK3 accessory bracket to an early 1.8l block and realize that you can only use 3 of the 4 bolt holes? well me and my friend came up with a solution to that problem and that is our adapter block. if your making some decent power out of your engine and you have your accessory bracket bolted on by only 3 bolts im sure you have cracked the bracket or the belt slipped off at least once. well the problem is without all 4 holes being used to fasten the bracket the accessory belt bracket twists under power which is not good. i am selling these at 45.00 shipped in the USA, over seas shipping will see additional shipping fee's.

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Re: Accessory bracket adapter for early VW block

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:19 pm
by INA
Only problem with that is not every single early block has those 2 mounting tabs
This is a solution that I have:
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Not sure if you are catering to the v-belt guys but a simple spacer with the upper right water pump bolt being secured by a counter sunk SC screw does the trick.
HTH

Re: Accessory bracket adapter for early VW block

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:03 pm
by vwnut8392
looks like your using the ABF accessory bracket in the picture. im using the ABA accessory bracket. 2 totally different brackets.

Re: Accessory bracket adapter for early VW block

Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:06 pm
by INA
vwnut8392 wrote:looks like your using the ABF accessory bracket in the picture. im using the ABA accessory bracket. 2 totally different brackets.

same mounting position....