Sam, after doing this a few times due to thinking it was a blown seal and not a cracked head, I got it down to the point where I did the disassembly and reassembly with a new head in one night. For the right side - disconnect battery - drain coolant and oil - air cleaner, auxiliary air regulator, alternator - remove exhaust for cylinders 1 and 3 - loosen exhaust on cylinder 4 and remove nuts on cylinder 2 - remove crossover coolant pipe, spark plug wires - remove remaining coolant connections from the head - remove valve cover and that main rocker arm assembly - I then removed the head with most of the exhaust still on Don't take out the sleeves. It is really hard to get the pistons back in the sleeves. I did not change the rear o-rings, but it appears to be holding together. Note that the first time I did it, I took off everything and actually I'm glad I did. However, if you're in a rush, you can probably leave some pieces on. -- Craig On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Sam Scholten wrote: > Deciding that I don't have the cash to have someone > else replace the right-side head on my '87 GL, I am > undertaking this myself. This is my first time on a > 2.1. Bentley offers the concept but not a procedure > sequence, i.e. what surrounding parts to take off in > what order, besides the valve cover, splash guard, > manifolds and fuel rail. > > I understand that this sounds banal, but the labor > estimate indicated a time-consuming procedure. I have > too much going on in my life right now to be able to > fumble through the process willy-nilly, so I need to > be able to organize the time I have in the most > efficient way to avoid rushing through the job. The > archives search came up dry, as did a search for > personal pages with the procedure on them (although > I've come close several times). > > Please help if you can. > > Thanks, > Sam > > P.S. If anyone has a way to bend the laws of physics > in order to get the exhaust header studs out, please > let me know. This is beyond the powers of Liquid > Wrench. :) > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- Craig Oda craigoda@communitybuilders.info VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic |
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