Date:         Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:26:58 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through
              vacuum side of fuel regulator?
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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thanks Dennis. Yah wondered about a similar idea. My old grease gun.
But that would be too involved. The hose is too small as is the
cylinder.

FWIW, (those who are keeping score!) by squirting oil in the cylinders
and cranking by hand at the alt. nut, (part of the reason i wanted to
get the alt. a little more steady) I am now able to turn it without it
binding. As it was doing on 3 and and 1 cylinder. It would bind, then
I'd go ccw, then cw and so on. The engine now turns by hand all the
way with very little if any difference in friction through the entire
firing order.

And again, FWIW, removed from engine, with hoses off, I can totally
blow air from the vaccum side of the FPR through to the fuel
connection nipples.

And yah. It's GerfunktaBooten.

And here's pics of my Frankenstein temporary supports for alternator bracket:

http://musomuso.googlepages.com/alt.tempbrackets

Cheers

Neil.



On 11/12/07, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Those gear oil pumps work great. You know the ones that look like a grease
> gun cylinder. The hose will usually force fit into the filter nipple.
> Sometimes a little taper cutting will get it. Then just gently push the
> oil into the engine.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Kai Mei
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through
> vaccum side of fuel regulator?
>
> Squeeze a water bottle with a tube attached?
>
> On Nov 12, 2007, at 2:30 PM, neil N wrote:
>
> >
> > I will try to rig something up for priming with oil. Maybe a gravity
> > feed of some kind?
>


--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco"  (Bustorius)

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