Date:         Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:42:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM>
Subject:      put goo on gaskets or not answer !!
In-Reply-To:  <BDFDEA75.6BB5%camper@tactical-bus.info>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hey all 
thanks for your comments, answers, lectures, and stories. ive got the picture. everything is good in moderation. very thin coat vs 1/4" bead if any. a few 
beers vs. a case, 1 asprin vs 1 bottle. its all good. sit back in your tighty whities on the front porch and have a cold one. (not a case) i myself would rather 
turn on the heat and hang out in "the shed" and turn wrenches with my vws on the lift, till the cows came home. nothing is more fun then setting it on 4 
wheels and firing it up and cranking down the e-way with another job well done. ive made most of the mistakes in the past on my own with the air cooled 
stuff and 95% of it crosses over its the 5% water factor that tosses me. if it was american made i would just drive it in the winter and take to any reputable 

service cernter to repair and abuse it. my vws are mine and i repair and maintain them myself. this is my hobby. i know for some it is there primary and only 

vehicle. ive got 7 and only 2 use water. there garage kept and good weather drivers and rain is not bad weather. this is winter in Michigan so its 
maintenance time till the spring. i fix all of them and drive them till something is to big for quick fix and then store them till the next winter for repair. 

again thanks for the info. even though i pretty much knew the answer i just wanted to bounce it off the list c-ya Jonce

 c-ya at the vw shows this year. Lansing Michigan Dune Buggy show is end of Feburary this year and ill be there.



>On 1/2/05 5:55 PM, "Jonce Fancher" <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM> wrote:

>> i also agree with that statement. some of the cool stuff they have out for all
>> sorts of things sometimes just blows my mind. it is so much better then what
>> was
>> avail when the vehicle was new. c-ya Jonce
>> 
>>> If you think you may have some irregularities in the mating surface of
>>> the pump to block area, there is not one thing wrong with smearing some
>>> HIGH TEMP silicone on that area.
>>> One caution.
>>> Be darn well sure that prior to filling up the cooling system and
>>> letting her fly that you allow the stuff set up at least overnight.
>>> (8 to 10 hours)
>>> Then fill her up with coolant.
>>> It'll never leak.
>>> Forget the Deutschland no seal purist's.
>>> They haven't figured out that it's the 21'st century yet.:-)
>> 
>When I got my first dodge omni with its genuine VW engine in it.  (dodge
>didnšt make small engines for the first couple years and contracted VW for
>the engines).  When I went out one day to fix a few nitnoy leaks I
>discovered the dealer didnšt have any gaskets for the valve cover or the
>water pump or the oil pan.  All their computer listed was a tube of black
>stuff and a tube of blue stuff. So I went home and pulled the valve cover.
>No gasket only black sealant.  Shocked I then pulled the oil pan.  No gasket
>only black stuff.  Since I was on a roll I called the VW dealer about the
>engine because I suddenly remembered that the big vw and rings means that vw
>made the engine.  Confirmed no gaskets and only a small o ring for the water
>pump and the blue stuff was used as well.

>Basically the same engine that VW put in the rabbit at the time.


>""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>jimt
>Planned insanity is best.
>Remember that sanity is optional.
>http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
>http://www.westydriver.com