Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:43:32 -1000
Reply-To:     "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject:      Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
Comments: To: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CA+az7_7ZQBZNbGwj6N4P2a3A8GmFiMFGYhU1t0RR9rwM175yWQ@mail.gmail.com>
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does not surprise me that the new one won't slide in place , even with
some good fiddling.

this is a classic VW gotcha in that things must be done in the right
order or you can be in a lot of trouble..
and they were not smart enough to foresee issues like you are having.

All you need is like 1/8th of an inch 'more' somewhere, right ?
heck ..even 1/16th more might do it.
This is why I think engineers are stupid.

if there is a way to flatten the new pipe just enough ,,without harming
dimensions , or alignment, or angularity, or the ends etc.  ..
you might try that.


Traditionally ..
VW had a bad habit of stacking things on top of each other.
In an early swing-axle transalxe...for example...
to get at any part of it that's major or internal ..
say like remove the axles ...
you start at the big nuts on the brake  drums and you work your way
inward ...
all the way to the ring and pinion if needed.   There's nothing like
just unbolting the axles like our Vanagons have.

why would anyone build it so that pipe can't come in and out easily
unless the crank pulley is removed..
and to get that part  off..
the entire rear exhaust and muffler heat shield has to be out of the way
?  Just dumb.

I will say though, overall Vanagons are one of the easiest cars, and
VW's to work on, by far .

On 9/28/2015 11:09 AM, John Rodgers wrote:
> Well, I've tried every way I know to pass the "U" shaped part of the cross
> over pipe under the crank pulley but no go. The old one came out easy
> enough, but I can't get the new one through.  Any suggestions?
>
> John
> On Sep 27, 2015 17:44, "John Rodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> OK. Pump is out. New one ready to go in. To get the old pump out, I Wound
>> up sawing the coss over pipe off next to the pump because of a bound up
>> allen head screw. New cross over pipe ready to go. New rubber hose already
>> in place.
>>
>> Question: Which should go on first for ease of assembly. The water pump,
>> or the cross over pipe - the part that attaches to the pump.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> John
>>