Date:         Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:28:31 -0500
Reply-To:     AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Michael's repairs - more info. needed.
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So many repairs and I don't understand 2 of them:

(1)    Replaced the plastic connector for the Hal Sender on the side of the
Dizzy, it had disintigrated over time.

(2)     All injector seals replaced.

#1.  The Hal Sender is inside the dist.  but what does it do?  Dizzy, slang
or am I just ignorant?  Educate me, pls?

#2.  This can be done in kit form I know as I did it but cannot remember the
details.  How many seals?  Which are
critical?  How often should these be replace?  How would you know if they
were bad?

Thanks for information.

Larry
Georgia



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Knight" <vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 2:36 PM
Subject: Another Newbie With Heads Fixed


> Hi all!
>
> Friday night pulled the Vanagon out of the Garage just before midnight.
Turn
> her around to face the garage for the morning. Saturday morning everything
> went well. She fires up and drives really well now. I took the family for
a
> victory cruise toe mountains of Texas. Yeah I know what you are thinking
but
> there are some here, they are just very short.
>
> So far the JB Weld trick is holding up. Besides all the rusted nuts and
> broken studs all over the place, the hardest thing I found to deal with
was
> the additional things i kept finding to replace. So far the list goes this
> way:
>
> -Heads unpitted by JB Weld, drilled and tapped a few studs, and holes for
> bolts.
> -New Water pump and thermostat.
> -Replaced the two short connecting water hoses, Pump to head and the one
> that is on the crossover pipe behind the crank pulley. Both I made from a
> radiator hose I found at my FLAPS for $5.
> -Replaced all the fuel lines and filter.
> -Replaced all of the valve adjusters. Two were bad, one was extremley
awful.
> -Replaced the plastic connector for the Hal Sender on the side of the
Dizzy,
> it had disintigrated over time.
> -All injector seals replaced.
> -Front main seal replaced.
> -Many parts were cleaned and painted.
> -Backfiring problem was found and it was a broken flange on one of the
> exhaust headers. Replaced the header.
> -Spark Plugs and Wires were Replaced.
>
>
> I hope to have pics up in a location where I can share really soon I have
> more of the disassembly than the reassembly.
>
> One note I have is that my Elring seal kit came with more of the little
> pushrod tubes seals than the bigger ones. What a pisser, I had to reuse a
> few of the old seals for now and I have a few oil leaks again. Lesson
> learned. I will be buying a few of the expandable tubes later to replace
the
> seals.
>
>
> All in all this job was not a diffcult and really helped me to learn about
> the water cooled engines. I used Boston Bob's write up to get the basics
and
> Ben's Webpages for visualization of the task at hand. Kudos to you both
what
> an advantage to have this information available prior to the job.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Knight
> '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
> '85 Vanagon GL, nameless
>