Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 21:02:06 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Clutch alignment tool? and Lapping compound ?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimPhWECr9HT03tqw7XVt38ivtVYrg2rv0Q+SN+i@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks, I am not replacing the clutch plate. I am taking the whole mess off
one block and re-mounting it on my "new" one. Maybe the whole clutch can
come out without messing up the alignment...It's been about 10yrs since I
did a motor Remove and replace and I kinda forget how it all goes
together. So the clutch is on the one I am replacing right now and not
still in the van. I will be taking that off and sticking it on my
replacment block, then re-installing the motor into the van using all the
standard Diesel Vanagon mounts, etc..just like the old motor was in there.
As for the head surface, I was planning on 'lapping' the head on a big
flat plate surface I have using valve grinding compound. This will take off
all traces of the old headgasket and show me if the head has any warping
issues. If it looks really whacky, I will have to take it in but if I can
get the whole surface to shine in an hour or two of hand grinding...I will
be way ahead...and it will be like going to a Gym or something...good
workout..
Anyhow, thanks for the advice...if there isn't a need to 'index' a bunch
of spines exactly or anything, I will just whip up my own centering device
of some sort. I live kinda out in the country and my local city...not sure
of any machinist there...Portland, Or is about 3hrs round trip..
A side note: Someone posted about loaning out your van and having it come
back not so right...Worse is borrowing a vehicle from your SO while your van
is "out of service"..
Mine (the car-borrowing) went like this..."Can I use one of your rigs to
go for a bike ride over in _____? " "Sure, no problem. If you take the
truck, you gotta unhook the horse trailer first. You can take the
Subie...but I have to go to town to work, so fire up the old Beamer
first...it makes a weird sound. If it sounds ok, I will take that and you
can have the Subie for the evening" So the '70 2002, a total rust bucket
than my SO loves but neglects like crazy...Of course, it won't start. Get
the starting fluid (after finding that ) and it does go...no noise I can
hear.. "Maybe it only makes the noise when it is moving" she says. "Maybe?
Didn't you hear this noise sometime? ...." uhhh. So back out to the
farmyard and I drive it around, spin a few donuts, just for fun...no noise..
"No noise, Dear"
So it's the Subie ( a gift 2.5 forester that is in fine shape) First I
have to gather my bike stuff, which lives in my van. Then the bike race on
the Subie is all rusty and needs some work..Get that fixed (daylight is
getting short) and put the bike on, head down our road...going "What's
next?"...Get on the pavment of the highway and the Subie is pulling like
crazy to the right...get out find one front tire is at about 5psi...Back up
to the shop, fire up the compressor and fill the tires...Go to the gas
station on the way to ride...fill up the tank.
It is ever so much easier to just jump in the van and go...Bike and
clothing already in place, almost always. Nutrition and hydration in the
cold Dometic, a nice carpet to change shoes on and privacy. Water in the
sink to rinse the sweat off after the ride, bike rides inside out of the
Gale Force Gorge winds we usually have. Air in the tires always, and
gas...Clean windshield...
And no worries about what may break while I am driving it....If something
lets go I have only myself to answer to, and I guess by now I have
experience fixing most every part of the van.
Don Hanson
2 days since George Bush declared "You van's no longer working" in
Lyleland..
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote:
> Same with my a/c bug. New clutch should come with the tool. You can
> borrow
> one from Napa. Good luck.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 7:17 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Don,
> >
> > In recent times, everytime I've bought a new clutch plate, it came with a
> > plastic alignment tool in the box.
> >
> >
> > BenT
> >
> > Sent from my pressureplate
> >
> >
> >
>
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