Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:13:05 -0400
Reply-To: Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From: Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Clutch alignment tool? and Lapping compound ?
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You'll still have to remove the PP to unbolt the flywheel from the engine,
which requires removal and reinstallation of the clutch.
You can try your lapping arrangement, but I'm not sure if you'll see 'shiny'
spots enough to make a decision to go to a machine shop or not. You should
use a scraper or blade to remove all of the remaining traces of gasket. If
there's a lot of gasket, I suspect it make a messy slurry doing it your way.
Too each, his own......
Mike B.
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From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 12:02 AM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: Clutch alignment tool? and Lapping compound ?
> 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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