Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:19:29 -0400
Reply-To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Cylinder head sticking to cylinder sleeve
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I have found the easiest way to do this. Pull the heads out from the block
about 1/2 inch. Take the end of a screw driver and place it against one of
the little nubs that stick out at the top of the cylinder. Now you want to
hit this nub in such as way that you turn the cylinder just a little. You
only want to turn it a couple of degrees. Once it turns (should only take a
couple of hits) you want to go to the nub on the opposite side of the
cylinder and turn it back. Now do the same with the other cylinder. Now
just put your screw driver between the head and one of these nubs and pry
just a little. The cylinder should come right off of the head and then
repeat for the other cylinder. This should not hurt the o-rings at the
bottom of the cylinder since you are actually pulling the bottom of the
cylinder away from the block about 1/2 inch.
I did this the last head job I did and it worked like a charm. No damage
done and alot less hitting, and time consumed. Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Craig Oda - Personal email
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:02 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Cylinder head sticking to cylinder sleeve
I'm in the process of taking off my cylinder head and the sleeves are
sticking to it. I've tried whacking the cylinder head with a wooden
stick in an attempt to loosen it up. No go. I've been getting help
from Dave who is having a similar adventure with his "Wolfy."
Dave used a large screwdriver on the lip of the cylinder sleeve to
break the sleeve free from the head. Is this a risky thing to try?
Is there any danger with scratching or warping the cylinder sleeve?
I notice there are two little studs at the top of the sleeves, near
the center. I would love to just take a screwdriver and pry the
sleeve from the head using those as the leverage point. I read that
someone from Canada used a hockey stick to break the sleeve free.
Unfortunately, I don't have one of these right now.
I'm new to mechanics, but am forced to try this myself as I want to go
camping this summer and the wife is balking at the cost of taking
it to a mechanic.
I'm really intimidated at having to put the sucker back together, but
first I have to make sure that the cylinder sleeves don't come out.
BTW, do I have to do both heads? I notice that the passenger side
exhaust ports are discolored, especially on cylinder that is toward
the front. I suspect that this is the only side that is leaking and
causing my billowing white smoke problem.
Thanks for any help.
-- Craig
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Craig Oda craigoda@communitybuilders.info
VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic