Date:         Sun, 30 May 1999 21:15:46 -0400
Reply-To:     "Paul A. Cianciolo" <paulc@SNET.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Paul A. Cianciolo" <paulc@SNET.NET>
Subject:      Vanagon 1.9 oil pan bell housing clearance???
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Hello Folks,

First a public thanks to all who have helped me with my 1.9TD conversion.
Well the transmission is on and I have a question. There are 2 bolts in the
bell housing that
go into the oil pan.   I noticed that there is a little clearance between
the bell housing
and the oil pan.. it is flush against teh block though.  This cleanance is
small maybe .020"or so.

Before I go ahead and torque down the bell housing do I need to loosen the
pan? and let the pan slide toward the
the bell housing? or do I need to shim this area.  I di not want to torque
iot for fear of
breaking something.  I will measure the gap with a feeler guage to be sure
but I think it around .020"

Thank you all for the help.   BTW I will need to clean my keyboard after
this conversion is done!!!
Paulc
W1VLF
Cloudbounce Webpage  http://www.qsl.net/w1vlf/

1986 Vanagon Gas
1982 Vanagon Diesel  Soon to be Turbo Diesel 1.9