Date:         Sun, 16 Feb 1997 21:30:49 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Shawn Wright, IS Manager" <swright@smuslabs.smus.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: the '82 Diesel Westy Rolls again....

> 
> BTW, the vacuum pump +flange design is one of the worst flops I've
> seen done by VW engineers.  I bet they were not thinking that this was
> a vacuum seal rather than a pressure one when they designed it -- it
> is definitely made to fail the wrong way, and looks like it was
> designed to keep the pressurised air inside, not vacuum. 
I'm assuming this is different from the Jetta/Golf vaccuum pumps? I 
haven't had trouble with mine yet, aside from melting a hole in the 
plastic line by accident.  
> 
> One side question:
> To get at the two other glow plugs, looks like I'll have to remove
> the Diesel injector pump.  any hints, insight there???

I've done it a few times now - you're right, it's nearly impossible 
unless you enjoy skinned knuckles and swearing...

Last time I did mine was during a head gasket job, so it was easy. If 
you do remove the pump, remember the timing should be adjusted 
afterwards. 

ps: Do you know the inner two glowplugs are bad? You can usually 
remove the busbar to test them and maybe prolong the job a bit longer 
if they're ok.


> Thanks,
> Cetin
> 
> Cetin Seren
> Outbound Technology Group		phone:  412-635-3479
> FORE Systems, Inc.			web:	www.fore.com
> 5800 Corporate Drive			fax:    412-635-3350
> Pittsburgh, PA  15237                   e-mail: cseren@fore.com
> 
Shawn & Janis Wright
'88 Westy (338k) '85 Jetta TD (367k)
VWnut@smus.bc.ca (swright@smus.bc.ca)
http://www.islandnet.com/~swright/vw.html