Date:         Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:17:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Karl Hartmut Filc <kfilc@SYMPATICO.CA>
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From:         Karl Hartmut Filc <kfilc@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Toughest job on a Vanagon, was Re: Secrets of exhaust nuts
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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The reale piXX of is the electrical thing. No problems with things I can see
or feel where it's going. Electrical there is no waaaay for me.

Hartmut

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 :13:49 PM
Subject: Toughest job on a Vanagon, was Re: Secrets of exhaust nuts


> --clip--
>> This is one of the toughest jobs on a Vanagon. (Maybe we should
>> start a new thread: what is the toughest job on a Vanagon?) the only
>> thing I'd rate tougher is putting the piston/ cylinder assemblies into a
>> Waterboxer.
>> Al Brase
> --clip--
>
> The only time I've done the exhaust or the pistons, I had the engine on a
> stand. I found the pistons to be fairly straightforward and didn't really
> have any problem with them, at least after I made a tool for the wrist
> pins.
> With the exhaust system, I wound up putting the pieces together (more like
> 'forcing' some of them) and just putting the nuts on one turn or so until
> I
> had it all hung together and then went around more-or-less in order
> tightening them up until it was tight. I do this with many things that are
> of dubious fit, keeps you from having to go back and loosen things to make
> later things fit.
>
> I can tell you from experience that putting in the auto tranny by yourself
> is tough, mostly from a strength/leverage and alignment standpoint.
>
> Personally, I hate chasing electrical problems. I know how to do it well
> enough but it's time consuming and I always seem to end up upside-down
> under
> the dash, which, while it might be great comic relief for others, doesn't
> do
> much for me.
>
> I also have a problem with aligning/re-hanging doors (if doing it by
> myself)
> for some reason- at least, I'm never much satisfied with the results, but
> that may come from trying to get a perfect fit and not getting it.
>
> 'Course, I don't have a Westy or a Syncro, so I haven't had to deal with
> some of the more esoteric crap y'all go on about.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>