Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:07:07 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
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Right on Don,
yes, I'll bet that Wurth is great stuff.
about 24 bucks a can I believe, online.
I recently discovered a very nice one I like - similar properties -a
fine penetrating grease.
LPS 2 - got it in a parts store - when I was looking for Prolong .
like it a lot.
I use 3 things mainly-
PB Blaster for busting the rust,
wd-40 for electrical cleaning and fine lubing, ( I also use a real
electrical contact cleaner too _
and a thicker penetrating grease , like the Wurth or LPS.
glad to hear you're lubing your fine rig !
ever do the forward white plastic tube the throttle cable runs in ?
that can be very rewarding.
I like to undo both ends...........blow it out with compressed air,
shoot WD-40 into it from the rear end.......
then spray lube the cable with something like your Wurth stuff as I feed
the fowward end of the throttle cable back into the white plastic tube.
and of course lube the bell crank pivot points at the front, and the
pivot at the base of the gas pedal too.
it all adds up !
scott
turbovans
Don Hanson wrote:
> Hey Scott,
>
> I already have one of those drain plug tools. I forget where I found
> that, probably left over from my Porsche days, but yes, you can easily get
> in there without messing with the tranny shift linkage. And yes, I did lube
> all the moving parts of the shift linkage and...AND...I lubed all the
> steering and suspension components at the same time, having the van up on
> jackstands. I use that Wurth SA Besto spray lube...expensive but very very
> cool stuff...goes on like WD-40 but after the penetrating carrier solvent
> evaporates, it's a sticky slick very light coat that lasts on the moving
> parts for at least a few months.
> Don Hanson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Daniel - Shazam" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> To: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
>
>
>
>> That was me on the 'when did you ever get to DOWNSHIT going into a hill
>> in a Vanagon at 65 mph !? )
>> I call it 'half a granny' on the 5 speed- first gear.
>> The Real Beauty of the 5 speed is the rations and spacing of the top 3
>> gears, 3rd, 4th and 5th. top gear is nicely just a bit higher than top
>> gear in a 4 speed.
>> There are Euro gasoline 5 speed trans.
>>
>> re
>>
>> but on my '84 I had to
>> detach the shift rod bracket from the transmission and move the rod out of
>> the way to get at the plug.
>>
>> you just didn't have the right tool.
>> When I get into my 'sellathon' on of these days, and get my shipping
>>
> system down really good, I'll be offering 'shorty 17 mm allen trans drain
> plug gizmo's. - fits in a tiny space, you just use your 17MM box wrench on
> it.
>
>> Better even than a 17 mm allen socket that fits on a ratchet - those take
>>
> up too much room.
>
>> and..........this little tool I offer takes up no room in your took box,
>>
> and adds almost no fuel-miage-robbing weight to your road traveling Vanagon
> ! Ideally I supply it with some blurbs on gear oil choices, notes about
> lubing shift linkage ( everyone does that once or twice a year right ? -
> about 4 or 5 spots on the shift linkage ) etc.
>
>> scott
>> www.turbovans.com
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