Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:30:11 -0300
Reply-To: Jean-Guy Savoie <jgsavoie@NBNET.NB.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Jean-Guy Savoie <jgsavoie@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: Water pump
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Oops...
Just noticed that the link on Andrew's page was a link to Tom's page, sorry.
Same comments apply, with the necessary modifications..
So Tom, I would invite you to perhaps add the below as an alternate method
for pulley removal in your instructions.
JGS
84 1.9L Westfalia
Bleu Schtroumpf
----- Original Message -----
From: Jean-Guy Savoie <jgsavoie@NBNET.NB.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Water pump
> The instructions at Andrew's link were very helpfull to me. I would only
> add a slight modification to them (and I would invite Andrew to perhaps
add
> this as an alternate method in his instructions).
>
> Andrew suggests torquing the fan belt super tight to get the pulley nuts
> loose. Didn't work too well for me.
>
> I found that there was just enough room to put a medium sized pipe wrench
in
> back of the pulley and onto the triangular flange (bracket?, what would
you
> call it ?) to stop it from turning. Both removal and replacing the
pulley
> was easy this way, and you don't have to go through the extra steps of
> thightening the fan belt.
>
> just my $ 0.02 worth
>
> JGS
>
> 84 1.9L Westfalia
> Bleu Schtroumpf
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew M Fox <andrewf@HAWAII.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 1:59 PM
> Subject: Re: Water pump
>
>
> > Its pretty easy. There is a page on the web that discusses chaning the
> > 1.9 L h20 pump and it is basically the same procedure. YOu can find that
> > page by going to my specially indexed links page at:
> > http://www2.hawaii.edu/~andrewf/vanagon/links.htm
> > and then scrolling down to coolant or pressing control F and typing in
> > water pump.
> >
> > good luck,
> > Andrew FOx
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Sonia Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > My water pump just died, and I'm wondering if this is a
straightforward
> > > repair, or is there anything complex about it? I can't find anything
in
> > > my Bently that shows how to replace it, but there is detailed
directions
> > > for draining, refilling and bleeding the system. Does anyone have any
> > > advise or cautions for me?
> > >
> > > Thanks much,
> > > Sonia J
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