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• Planning an I-4 Conversion - need parts ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:50:58 -0800
  ...Diesel Vanagon flywheel . . . one good one available, reluctantly would sell for $ 105.00 also have one D. V. flywheel that needs a new ring...
• Re: Aircooled Rear main seal
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:31:08 -0500
  ...This taller seal is to close to the radius of the flywheel and rubs against the the flywheel and has been know to come...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 1 May 2010 13:54:32 -0700
  ...it spinning in place with the shaft touching the ring gear/flywheel. Could be the spring in the 'solenoid assembly' of course not letting...
• Flywheel O-ring?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:55:48 -0700
  ...In the Bentley, page 13.41, and O-ring is shown, installed with flywheel after the seal. Mine did not have this... should it...
• Re: 15 degree VW I4 mount question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:13:12 -0700
  ...If so, can one use the AC flywheel/clutch with this or is the I4 > clutch/flywheel needed? > > Many thanks for info related to...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Dec 2023 22:19:46 +0000
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• Re: [Syncro] Average time to pull transmission, engine, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:42:55 -0400
  ...They add another hour for removing the flywheel. I guess they still don't know the engine does not need removal to get the...
• Re: vw tools?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:13:48 -0400
  ...vw tools? > > >>I used to do something similar, though much less stable. >> >> Two bolts in the flywheel, with a long bar inbetween them braced...
• Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:17:18 -0700
  ...running a Kennedy "WBX" flywheel) Any users running a more robust non stock clutch on stock clutch housing/flywheel? Has it lasted longer under...
• Re: speaking if clutch slave failure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:30:50 -0500
  ...3) Flywheel to crank O Ring. 4) New soft steel lock-ring for flywheel bolts. 5) Flywheel felt seal at the pilot bearing. (If...
• Re: Forgot to replace flywheel-to-crank bolts
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:18:59 -0800
  ...Should I > just light the thing on fire and walk away now? I've had the flywheel/pp off in my Jetta twice now...
• Vanagon Engine Weights
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:06:41 -0500
  ...2.0 Air-cooled Boxer 160 kg = 353 lbs with clutch, flywheel, manifolds, and engine cross member. 1.9 and 2.1 Waterboxer 82...
• Boston Bob's flywheel install
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:25:13 -0400
  Hi Tom, I just went through this procedure and received a lot of help from the List as usual. Try this link: http://picasaweb...
• Re: Oil sensor question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:24:11 -0500
  ...Jim On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Benny boy<huotb@videotron.ca> wrote: > It's the pulley, not the flywheel, just...
• Oil gallery plugs poping
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:40:19 -0500
  In the last few weeks I have seen a number of posts about the main oil gallery plugs on the flywheel end coming out...
• Re: wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:53:18 EST
  ...I also have a diesel Vanagon flywheel for $130 (new VW). Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Phone: (856)-765-1583...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:29:31 -0700
  ...Jim On Sep 26, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Poppie Jagersand wrote: > Note on the apparent misalignment of the engine between the flywheel > TDC...
• Re: 2.1 longblock core FS/Rear Pulley removal?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 09:31:46 -0500
  ...In the shop we remove the flywheel and back the bolt out for the pulley 2 or 3 turns and then the pulley is...
• Wretched Excess (engine conversions)
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 15:30:21 EST
  ...Comes with all you need except the right flywheel; it's got the adapter flywheel for Porsche, rather than Vanagon. Oh, sorry -- phone number...
• Re: Clutch advise on 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 12 May 2000 07:40:13 -0400
  ...Clutch advise on 87 westy > > > >Check the flywheel for > >any uneveness or scoring and machine if you see anything ugly. > > What's the best...
• Re: Flywheel Craziness for 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:42:19 -0400
  ...During the > months of January to March of 1983 Volkswagen went from using > a 228mm flywheel and clutch system to a 215mm. Before this...
• Re: Flywheel Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 2 May 2013 12:16:22 -0400
  Thanks Ed and Steve - that is why I asked because I don't know :) I appreciate the advice and info. I see they sell...
• Re: shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:44:28 EDT
  ...am thinking I need to replace the clutch and have the flywheel machined. >> Scotty, check the condition of your mounts first, especially the front...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 09:44:15 -0700
  ...There is the >> thrust washer that can easily drop out of place when you install the >> flywheel. Or you miscalculated the thickness of the...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:53:21 -0500
  ...Any recommendations as to what I can use to keep the flywheel from turning while I remove the flywheel bolts? Brad -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:10:43 -0700
  I would hope if anyone has the flywheel off.. the first thing they would do after putting it back on tightly ..is check for...
• RE: What's a Pilot Bearing? ('88)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 09:47:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...from "normal", of course, with the Chevy engine and mostly-VW flywheel). >Steve -- no gland nut in an '88. And none in yours either...
• Re: flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:53:12 -0500
  ...This >> leaves it sticks out of the crank about 1/16". >> When installing the flywheel, the hole in its >> center, is not big enough...
• Re: 1.6L , 1.9L, 2.1L Pressure plate Q??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 8 Nov 2008 18:40:49 -0500
  As Ron said a few 83.5 waterboxer Vanagons had a different clutch system and flywheel. It is so weird that VW would use...
• Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:04:23 -0500
  ...lately, one was to loose! yea, to loose.. (i always test them on the flywheel)... can you believe that! what about one to tight...
• Re: Clutch shutter, vibration, shaking -
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:24:01 -0800
  ...If he's saying to always surface the flywheel every clutch job....I'd like to offer that that's not always best. Like...
• Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses (long)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:25:55 -0800
  ...Mark >KEP adapters are $600 +/- (2003 price sheet) >The KEP flywheel is not a replacement part.. you ruin it you need to >get another...
• Re: Clutch issues
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:06:44 -0700
  ...Can pilotbearing be changed with flywheel in place? >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hi >>>>> >>>>>Can I change the pilotbearing without removing the flywheel? >>>>> >>>>>It didnt look like that for...
• Re: Boston Bob's flywheel video
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:37:07 -0700
  ...Although I know nothing at all about flywheels, I fully understand why Bob was so highly respected within the Vanagon community, and will send...
• Starter/Flywheel adaptors???
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:10:59 -0600
  I put a '81 2.0L in my '73 westy, but because the '81 flywheel/clutch didn't fit the tranny bell housing, I...
• Re: Crank Scoring / Flywheel seal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 10 May 2013 09:24:35 -0400
  THis is why I bring such things to you fine folks - because to me (being in new territory) I see something like this and...
• 1.9 rebuilt engine special
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:21:50 -0700
  ...The remaining inventory, a reconditioned flywheel will be included. Only 4 available! visit http://www.tiico.com for more info.
• Re: [T1] A journey of sight and sound, inside the rear hubs...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 04:21:59 -0500
  ...the term "main engine seal" is usually used to mean the main seal behind the flywheel. What I now understand it to be used...
• Re: Clutch Revisited
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 12:22:01 -0500
  ...It > looks in fact like the flywheel. > > Flywheel (see picture) There is no scoring per say, but a lot of > discoloration. While it doesn...
• Clutch Revisited - this time with pics
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:12:17 -0400
  ...It > looks in fact like the flywheel. > > Flywheel (see picture) There is no scoring per say, but a lot of > discoloration. While it doesn...
• Re: 1.6 TD Motor...Timing help....
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:57:59 -0400
  ...Here's my > problem, on the rabbit, I used the timing marks on the flywheel to time > it. What do I use on the...
• Re: which cylinder is #1 and which is #4?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 21:21:01 -0400
  When standing at the rear of your van facing forward, #1 is right toward the flywheel, #2 is Right near the pulley, #3 is...
• Diesel starting problem epic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:09:51 -0800
  ...There is also some wear at the outer edge of the flywheel gear, like the teeth haven't been mating deeply enough to avoid...
• 'front' or 'rear' seal?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:18:26 -0800
  is the seal that goes behind the flywheel the front or rear main crank seal? thanks Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting...
• Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 26 May 2005 12:18:05 -0400
  ...I used one to remove a stripped out Allen head flywheel bolt and it worked beautifully. Mike
• Re: speaking if clutch slave failure
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:17:14 -0700
  ...You don't want to have > to go through this again. > > Have the flywheel machines to a new true surface free of flaws and...
• flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 09:20:25 -0500
  ...Whats up with that? > > the torque plate bolts are the same as the flywheel bolts on all vanagons these are 6 point socket heads...
• Re: flywheel seal dealer price
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:13:33 -0700
  ...He > > > says that he was quoted $91 for a front (flywheel) seal by Camelback VW, > > > which he verified by calling a couple other dealers...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:26:44 -0700
  ...I noticed, when I tightened the flywheel, one bolt kept on going a little more always. That pesky square looking shim is probably stuck...
• Re: Doing the Seal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 15:10:34 -0800 (PST)
  ...endplay was okay) and almost overlooked the gasket ring inside the flywheel. totally crumbly ! it wasn't in the clutch kit i got from...
• Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender on flywheel doesn&#30936; matter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:12:56 PDT
  ...Audi, sender on flywheel doesn&#30936; matter >Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:01:50 -0400 > >MArk, I believe that our octane is actually...
• bostonbob wbx flywheel install
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:39:49 -0700
  can be found at http://wetwesties.org/video/bostonbobbostig-proper_wbxflywheel_install.wmv Right click and save as for your very own copy. Hi...
• Juddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 01:14:40 -0000
  When I had an intermittent juddering clutch on my 1982 Bus my mechanic had to get the flywheel skimmed because it was pitted and...
• Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:01:31 -0800
  ...Has anybody done this replacement? As I recall from the '67 bus the bearing is in the gland nut that holds the flywheel on...
• 1.9 factory rebuilt engine special
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:07:28 -0700
  ...For the remaining inventory, a reconditioned flywheel will be included. Only 4 available! visit http://www.tiico.com for more info.
• Re: Differences between manual/auto trans. equipped engines?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:14:54 -0500
  ...You will also need to install a pilot bearing and must set the flywheel end-play as well. Bill Knight Raleigh, NC > -----Original Message...
• Re: Finding TDC on I-4 Conversion, 1.9TD @ 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 14:33:51 -0400
  ...What flywheel are you using? The KEP flywheel has marks and the 15 degree adapter a hole that I assume lines up with the...
• Re: lutch shutter, vibration, shaking -
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:17:51 -0800
  ...I will do it when the flywheel isn't too hot yet. The friction should heat up fast and burn off any oil on...
• Re: Rear Oil Seal (Flywheel) Leak
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:56:29 -0700
  ...He's a great >> friend, but he can be a bit of a "bull in a china shop" :) >> >> I did not have the Flywheel...
• Re: Damage to case behind flywheel. Interesting...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:16:10 EST
  ...Anyway, the case behind where my flywheel will sit is damaged. See photo at: http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/case.jpg I...