Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:33:32 -0400
Reply-To: Rod Smith <westfaliavanman@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rod Smith <westfaliavanman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
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Marion;
I too live in the south & can relate about the mud dobbers.
You should be able to get that crossover pipe out without having to mess
with the crank pully. I've done this several times on my '84 1.9.
As for the no start issue, have you looked at the idle stabilizer?
My 1.9 would not fire at all until I replaced mine. Upon repacement it
started right up.
Good Luck;
Rod.
On 8/19/06, Marion Lathem <resiolute@copper.net> wrote:
>
> Roger, Yes, it will stop firing, and I pulled the muffler off a bit ago
> and
> it had fired enough to black the shinny new metal gaskets. The intake
> gets
> warm. I have tried it 180 degrees out, I have tried every single hole in
> the distributor, even 180 degrees out for them. I have the time correct
> now, timing light shows it is. Still just popping, new plugs, distrub
> cap.
> new wires.
>
> I have worked all afternoon trying to get the Crankshaft pulley bolt to
> come loose. I built the device in the Bentley and still no dice. I
> think
> I have figured out what's happened. You guys can laugh on this one, but
> if
> you have never lived around the south, you probably won't understand. I
> think what somebody has done, they bought it, after the dirt dobbers got
> let
> in the cylinders. They could not fix it, as it shows evidence of new
> plugs,
> wires and other parts, jumper wires in the front driver floor...! It's
> pretty common in this part of the world, if you can't fix it, fix it
> where
> nobody else can either.!
>
> I believe they pulled the crankshaft pulley seal out, and torqued the
> crap out of the bolt.. in excess of 400 ft. pounds or more. There is no
> telling what else has been done to it... if you recall there is no oil
> sender wire, anywhere to be found..?
>
> My problem is now, how do I get that bolt loose. I wonder at what point
> the head snaps off the bolt..? If you thought it strange I was wondering
> if
> all or most of the upper electronics is bad, when the electronic
> ignition
> is very simple... ? This is the reason, as several people have bought the
> van and brought it back, probably sold it at a loss. I bought it at a
> salvage yard.
>
> Any engines out there...I'm beginning to wonder. The fellow I place sit
> for, his mechanic a big fellow stout as a bull elephant, cannot get it to
> break lose either../
> Thanks
> Lyle Lathem
> 1985 Vanagon GL
>
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