Date:         Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:37:08 -0800
Reply-To:     TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Front and rear seal replacement
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Flywheel is on the front of a Vanagon; the large gland nut holds the crankshaft pulley on the rear of the motor.

  Good luck,

  Tim

Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
  I think you are thinking of the single large gland nut on air cooled vw bus
engines.
2.1 waterboxer engines use five 10mm allen head bolts to secure the flywheel
to the crank.


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Zoltan Kuthy
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:44 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Front and rear seal replacement

Jap, the same pita again. And for the rear seal, you need a special tool to
be able to turn loose that big bolt. Other than that, its a piece of cake.
Right?
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers"
To:
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: Front and rear seal replacement


> Gotta replace the front and rear seals on my 2.1 Wasserleaker. I'm not a
> happy camper - 85,000 since rebuild.
> Anybody got any tips and tricks?
>
> No Vanagon mechanics in this neck of the woods, so I'm gonna have to
> find a mechanic that doesn't mind somebody hanging in the shop and
> kibbitzing a bit while the work is going on. I figure a GOOD mechanic -
> even though not a VW mechanic, can get the job done with my supervision
> (yeah, right!). I take this approach because of some bad mistakes in the
> past.
>
> BTW, it is ironic that Frank Grunthaner just put up a recent post and
> mentioned the frequency of his observation of front and rear seal
> failure in the 2.1L WBX engine. He attributed this to owner/operator
> error, as well as poor maintenance. Oil levels being a culprit. I am
> very judicious in the operation of my van, and I'm meticulous about the
> maintenance and keeping things up. I just think the seals should have
> lasted longer. However, when the engine ws rebuilt, two weeks after I
> got it back, I had to replace that flywheel seal. Obviously the tranny
> has to be pulled to replace that little seal. What a PITA for so small a
> thing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
>
> 88 G Driver
>
>
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TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33SB
Des Allemands, Louisiana
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
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