Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:38:11 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
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slave cylinder bolt ?
if speaking vanagon ..
the forward one with the bracket on it is easy.
it's the aft one that's hard to get a small 13mm wrench on the bottom side
in the tight space of the bracket, then turn the other side on the top.
but there is a nice fix for that.
I do it on any transaxle, or slave bracket, fthat is removed fromt the van,
or in my hands.
I weld that little bolt in from below ..
that way it's a stud,
which is what the factory should have done..
and then ..
it's so easy...... .you just unscrew the nut on top of the stud ..bingo,
slave comes right off.
the primary conderns in production and design are ..
price and content.
how many goodies they get on the vehilce for the price ..
making the easy to work on ..
I'll have to say it DOES look like they thought about that some ..
but not in every last detail.
As cars go though ..
I would not be into vanagons almost exclusiely if the did not have that one
big factor..
overall ...they are very sweet and straightforward to work on.
I also like what Paul Guzak said about how the waterpump got to be so hard
to replace on a waterboxer engine with engine in the van ..
the factory gave the engineers just 30 days to come up with a water-cooled
version of their air-cooled opposed four engine. That fits all right.
and it is truely a converted air-cooled design ..
most obviously at the heads and head gaskets. ( a 2.2 liter inline four
cast iron block and maybe balancaing shafts would have been SO right !
...but then we wouldn't all know each other since they'd be such robust
reliable engines ..at least this way, with the various weeknesses of
waterboxer engines we all get to know and help each other . )
but at least it's a 'real' van engine ....( the waterboxer )
and not a car ( jetta/rabbit etc ) engine pushing a van.
what fun.
scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "courtney hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
> Yes, and I actually had to stand on my tipie-toes and contort one finger
> to get that front bolt in the slave cylinder when replacing it. Other than
> that, fantastic!
> Courtney
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:22 pm
> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, wetwesties <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>,
> courtney hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>
>
>> that's why I never ever *touch* any old air-cooled Bus ..
>> they suck to work on, working on your knees, ducking under the
>> engine door ..
>> etc.
>> On a vanagon ..they 'did it right' ..
>> nice big fat engine cover and opening ..you are looking down at
>> everything right in front of you ..
>> super nice. ( though they lost it about ease of
>> replacing the water pump with engine in situ. )
>>
>> Scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: courtney hook
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; wetwesties
>> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:51 PM
>> Subject: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a
>> waterboxer. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, after working on a 84 WBX engine for the last few
>> days I don't wanna hear anymore snivelling about access to
>> things like the alternator or general engine work compared to my
>> 77 Westy India rubber man contortionist engine access. :-)
>> I'm gettin' me a WBXer man!
>> Courtney
>>
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