I had to go in to the office this past Saturday, which only gave me part of Sunday to work on the Vanagon. Hopefully, I'll get a lot more done next weekend. I'd like to have at least one of the heads off, and pending the condition of the head itself, I'd like to replace the gaskets on that side. Ideally, I'd like the van drivable before Memorial Day, so I can get back to work on the Mercedes.
still working on disassembly
passenger side pushrod tube tin off
Exhaust bracket loosened
Exhaust bolts soaking in penetrating oil
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ReplyDeleteI'll tell u another thing to be aware of just looking at the engine that particular distributor is known to experience bearing failure. You can identify this the same way wheel bearing failure.
ReplyDeleteWhat's your particular experience with this model of distributor?
DeleteI'm not worried about it. The "new" engine didn't come with one, so this distributor is a transplant from my old engine.
Well I've never personally had it happen to me personally, but I remember one time an acquaintance friend of mine had a pinging noise that was coming from around the engine, nothing really loud but enough to notice that something was up. Anyways long story short, turns out the distributor bearings were bad and he had to replace it. It was a different car and probably had a different mechanical history, but it did have a red distributor just like that one.
DeleteWell, only the distributor cap is red. Orange, actually. I've never heard of a Bosch distributor failing on a Vanagon. I'm sure if happens, but it's probably reasonably rare.
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ReplyDeleteit's really despicable when people do stuff like that!
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