Date:         Sat, 25 Jul 1998 20:15:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Head gasket questions
Comments: To: dearbo@erols.com
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com

>| > >|  The thicker black O-rings go at the base of the cylinder - can you install them
>| > >| with out pulling the cylinder out past the piston rings?
>| > Yes. First, with the piston you are working on at TDC, pull the
>| > cylinder out like you are going to remove the wrist pin.
>|
>| Did the above.  Will the O-ring be "stuck to the bottom block or to the cylinder base?

        To the cylinder base. I went out and looked at a set of liners I
have left over from my rebuild. There is no lip between the part of the liner
that extends into the crankcase and the groove for the oil ring as I had
previously thought. There differently is a groove there. I used a dental pick
that had a 90 degree bend about 1/2" from the end to scoop the oring out of
the groove. You can carefully follow the sleeve up to the base of the
cylinder and you should hit rubber...

>| > With a little dental pick/scribe/real oring remover, remove the old oring from its > groove Once the oring is out, snap it
>| > in two. Then roll the new one down the cylinder and spend some time getting
>| > it seated.
>| Where is the seat?  Is there a definate groove there?  Bentley isn't very helpful.

        After looking at the piston, the seat is just up the sleeve so just
pushing the liner down into the case should seat the oring - you don't have
to spend the hour or so lying on your back as I did ;)

dave