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Good morning. Could anyone please tell me the correct size for a 1990 1600 TD. They quote several on the JK site and I found the GSF one difficult to negotiate. I want to take a spare to France with me this year, as past experience tells me, the French are poor on supplies for old VW's.

By the way, I have just had a lot of work done at Jack's Garage in Noting Hill London and found them excellent.

Thanks to you all.

To be absolutely sure measure it - BELT CALCULATOR.

Thanks. Good advice.The link accesses a great calculator but doesn't that require taking the belt off?

Not required using method three.

tape measure, not the retractable type, the measuring your gut to get trousers to fit type, does the job best or just warap a string around get someone to mark it off and measure it off the van, there's always a bit of leeway in the alternator adjustment anyway.

Hacksawbob wrote:tape measure, not the retractable type, the measuring your gut to get trousers to fit type,

And then you buy a size smaller because it can't really be that big!

mine is a 90 lhd westy with power steering 1.6td . top v belt is 10mm x 925mm

Thanks everyone for your informative replies. I shall act accordingly. A quick anecdote;--
Last July a front wheel bearing expired in a spectacular way just outside of Versailles. It happened to coincide with the start of the French national holiday. As we limped on to to a garage forecourt they were just shutting the doors for a month. Fortunately we had a spare, but couldn't find anyone willing to do the work. we ended up spending 3 nights in a Versailles hotel while the camper was towed into a main dealer who were very offhand. The result was a 300 Euro bill for changing a wheel bearing!
Moral of the story;
1) Take a course in car mechanics and go packed with tools and a Jack.
2) Pay for your favourite mechanic to follow you round France!!
3) Pay a bunch for a more modern VW.
4) Stay at home and watch the Olympics. (Not really).
We'll see you in France. This will be our 15th year and we've loved every minute scrapes an' all!!

All the best, deke.