>I had a walkthrough split, just by chance. >I had a big case of the dreads when I needed to put a clutch in it but once >I got started I found that the PO had installed a quick disconnect plug on >the wiring harness and then there was just the one fuel line to deal with. >The whole engine came backwards after removal of the rear-most lower body >panel. The R & R only took about two hours since I didn't need to pull the >tranny. >That's a definite upside to the removal of a Vanagon engine at about 12 >hours for an R &R. I had a section of treetrunk which I used to pull my Splits' engines. Sit it under the engine, disconnect engine, roll van forward away from engine. Safer than a wobbly trolleyjack. Took no time and very little effort. Had that piece of tree for over 20 years... -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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