Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:23:33 -0700
Reply-To: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject: Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
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I had a guy working for me, leave red shop rags in the valley of a V-6
engine, 20+ years ago.
A month later it was back with no oil pressure.
the pan and oil filter were jammed with red cotton.
There is just no margin for this kind of bonehead mistake.
on the not-installed pilot bearing..
well, you know.
I don't find counting rags to be practical,
I just watch everything like a hawk and identify potential screw-ups..
like "this can not be allowed to fall into there, no matter what'..
and constantly recheck that hasn't happened , or is about to.
On 3/19/2014 8:24 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> You aren't alone when you make a mistake that a simple check could
> have prevented. I installed the 'new' ABA block onto my transmission
> with no pilot bearing, the first time around..I assumed the "whole
> deal" was plug and play...no need to do anything but bolt and
> unbolt...but somehow the pilot bearing got lost in the shuffle of
> flywheels and clutches. After a short time (one day) of running with
> no pilot bearing my clutch began slipping..due to a failed output
> shaft seal... I did avoid having to remove the whole works and just
> had to take the tranny out to fix the oily mess caused by my 'not
> checking'
>
> I also learned (the hard way) to count and keep close track of shop
> rags during any major motor work. We were adding a couple of
> camshafts to my Porsche V8 (928) motor and had the intake and exhaust
> ports stuffed with shop rags to prevent any of the little shims and
> keepers from dropping into the combustion chambers. Somewhere during
> the long long tedious process of trying to time 4 camshafts and 32
> valves with an almost 6' long serpentine belt driving the whole
> mess....we must have turned the motor over enough to suck one of those
> shop rags into the oil pan area....resulting weird low oil pressure
> issues that took the longest time to trace down. Lesson? Count the
> shop rags as you stuff things with them and count them again as you
> clean up and finish the job...
>
> great that you found the problem
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:36 PM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
>> Hahaha. It's no insult at all. It's fun to read it.
>> Z
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 1:04 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
>>
>> I don't mean to sound insulting ..
>> will you check the free turning of the engine as soon as you tighten
>> down the flywheel next time ?
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