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Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:04:29 -0400
...i taped it in flush with the end of the flywheel if i remember but it kept coming out somehow when i would slide...
Re: Flywheel Sleeve - WBX 2.1L
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:26:27 -0700
...I have good used flywheels with the sleeve intact. $75 + shipping. dylan ________________________________ From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent...
More Clutch Less Ramps
Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:34:25 -0400
...For those that saw my flywheel in previous post, recommended was everything from cleaning - to machining. Or should I just pick up a new...
Re: Removing flywheel
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:30:36 -0700
...Removing flywheel > How long a cheater pipe do you have on the breaker bar? > > > > > > Oh wise ones, > > > > I have now tried a breaker bar...
Re: Diesel Power
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:47:38 +1200
...Or look at an alternative diesel >>engine, but realize that you'd have to have a flywheel & adaptor >>plate custom-fabricated. > >-=-=-=- > >Into a wasserboxer...
Re: whoa! loose washers on crank
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 20:41:32 -0600
...whoa! loose washers on crank > > > > Hi all, > > > > I just pulled the clutch and flywheel off of Bill Bones to > replace the > > flywheel seal. I...
Do I REALLY have to check the endplay????
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sun, 17 May 1998 15:23:40 -0700
...I removed the flywheel (but not the oil seal) on my 2.0l engine to check the seal for leakage. It's not leaking...
Re: I4 Transmission Input Shaft Length
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:42:02 EST
...But just for clarification, could you measure the distance from the crankshaft face that the flywheel bolts onto, up to the outermost part of...
Flywheel felt....Anybody got a spare?
Historical mailing list - Erin Randolph
Sat, 21 May 2005 20:35:00 -0700
Hey list, After many failed attempts to make a new flywheel felt washer I give up...anybody got a spare they can send me...
Re: Boston Bob's flywheel install
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:20:53 -0400
...Boston Bob's flywheel install > | > |on thing I would like to add to that procedure .. > |if it's the one for waterboxer flywheel and...
Re: V6anagon hmmmm...
Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:38:46 -0400
...I was able to take several pounds OFF the flywheel with no sacrifice to smoothness, making the engine rev faster as well. The flywheel...
Re: 15 degree VW I4 mount question
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:18:49 -0700
...Usually you would order a matching flywheel that uses the boxer clutch and boxer starter. Mark neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > Searched archives under...
Replace Crankshaft Seal by Removing Tranny?
Historical mailing list - James W Wagner
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:52:17 -0500
Hi List, Has anyone ever replaced the flywheel side crankshaft seal by removing the transmission alone? The flywheel I removed from another car required...
Re: Forgot to replace flywheel-to-crank bolts
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:13:58 -0700
...his diesel engine, neglected to notice that one should always > replace the bolts that attach the flywheel to the crankshaft. http://www.gnarlodious.com
Parts FS: carbs, flywheel, heads
Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
Sun, 19 May 2002 13:54:08 -0400
...Vanagon Flywheel 1.9L, VW #025105273 from 84' Vanagon Heads 1.9L, VW #25101375 from 84' David Wilhite 86' Syncro GL (For Sale) 01...
Re: Crankshaft stuck?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:18:21 -0400
...However, when I proceeded to put the flywheel back on I was surprised to see that I didn't have to block the flywheel...
Re: Flywheel Craziness for 83 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:06:37 +0000
...I would upgrade to the later flywheel and 228 clutch. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth Wilford Date: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:38 am...
Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:20:50 -1000
...Did you have the flywheel face >>> machined back smooth? If so, did the pilot shaft flywheel bushing that >>> mounts inside the flywheel get put...
Re: 5 clyinder Audi 5000 Turbo to Vanagon engine swap........ MIS
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:32:48 +1300
>not all 5 Cylinder Turbo engines do use flywheel controlled timing. >I guess this was introduced with the newer engines with cat >converter. But...
Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up )
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:06:10 -0700
...Did a failed O ring at flywheel allow oil to leak on to clutch? Images of flywheel, clutch here: https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso...
Re: Felt seal on flywheel--'83
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 07:19:25 -0400
...When > installing the new pilot bearing, I thought I could get to it from the > transmission side of the flywheel--WRONG. However, on the...
Re: 1.6TD flywheel part number
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:35:24 +0200
Juha Koivisto wrote: > Flywheel of JX (1.6TD) engine has VW number(s): > > > 068 105 269A > > # 068 105 269AX > # 068 105 269AV > > I think...
Replace Crankshaft Seal by Removing Tranny?
Historical mailing list - James W Wagner
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:54:09 -0500
Hi List, Has anyone ever replaced the flywheel side crankshaft seal by removing the transmission alone? The flywheel I removed from another car required...
Removing flywheel
Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:08:01 -0400
...still can't get any of the five bolts off the flywheel. The impact wrench is slowly chewing up the heads and the breaker...
Re: Pinned down
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:18:53 EST
In a message dated 1/1/02 1:48:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: << If I resurfaced your flywheel and...
Flywheel bolts sheared off
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 16 Mar 2015 05:20:28 +0000
...Todaywe found all five flywheel bolts are sheared off. Do you know the best way to get the broken bolts out?I think the...
Re: Flywheel Dowel Pins
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 13:12:49 -0700
...I'm looking at 3 in a cracked waterboxer flywheel I have .. where the split is down the side of the roll pins is...
Re: '72 Bus Starter Problems
Historical mailing list
Thu, 27 Oct 94 11:34:53 MDT
...When I get in and crank > the starter, it sounds like it or somepart of it is spinning, without > engaging the flywheel. If I...
Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:22:31 -0500
...It gets punched out at machine shops when the flywheel face is machines - and they never get put back. Then the mechanics typically don...
Re: Internal Debate
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 8 Mar 2009 12:23:48 -0400
When you remove the clutch pressure plate from the flywheel, loosen the bolts, in a pattern, a little at a time so as not...
Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
Historical mailing list - neil
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:03:42 -0800
...a > flywheel back on(usually they just come off and get machined for our use). > Boston Bob does all the resurfacing of flywheels for...
Re: Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up )
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:58:45 -0400
...For the o-ring inside the flywheel I find that ones in the engine kits are not quite right. Get it from the dealer...
What happened?
Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
Wed, 29 May 2002 22:11:35 EDT
...Finally, I took the grinder and ground off the bolt heads, destroying the flywheel, but getting the flywheel off. What I found next is...
Re: Flywheel Sleeve - WBX 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:24:47 -0700
...I have a stack of flywheels with that little ring missing. I figure they only come in a new flywheel, which I priced at...
Re: Damage to case behind flywheel. Interesting...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:17:37 -0600
Just looks like somebody forgot all three crankshaft shims and probably bottomed out the bolts without fully seating the flywheel to the crank end...
Re: Weird oil leak (NVC my posting)
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:04:43 -0500
the seal is not countersunk !!!! and its being driving by the flywheel radius red silicone seal is good the bug seals dont have thicker...
Flywheel / O- ring...Launch
Historical mailing list - John Jensen
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:02:34 -0400
I finished my clutch/flywheel/tranni swap repair and the bus is running fine. The used '80 manual 091 tranni is better than the...
Re: Flywheel and orientation...
Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:01:26 -0400
...14:47:28 -0500 >From: pederparizek <pederparizek@QWEST.NET> >Subject: Re: Flywheel and orientation... > >My first car was a Porsche 914. Fun car. It...
Re: clutch shudder
Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:31:59 -0700
...Throwout bearing > Guide sleeve > operating (cross) shaft > Flywheel O-ring, > pilot bearing, > pilot bearing seal > Flywheel seal > Right operating (cross) shaft bushing. ===== Cheers, TinkerMan...
Re: ok.. driveplate/flexplate question...New flywheel for sale...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 7 May 2004 21:52:35 -0500
...driveplate/flexplate question...New flywheel for sale... > I agree with Stan, he has said the same thing that I > said the first time... Phil...
flywheel bolts stuck
Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:33:39 -0500
...Three of the flywheel (flex plate, actually) bolts came out easily, the other two remain firmly in place, and now have more of a...
Re: pilot bearing... do i need to replace the main seal?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 21 May 2010 06:47:54 EDT
...Wes, yes change the main engine seal, the felt seal the O-ring in the flywheel, the pilot bearing AND sent that flywheel out...
Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:42:18 -0400
...You will have to bore out the center of the flywheel or grind the step out of the crank bore to use it though...
Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:17:46 -0500
Benny Boy, I think Boston Bob was installing a different flywheel on that motor. In that situation, you have to check the endplay. If...
Re: WBX 2.1 L Crankshaft End Play Adjustment
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:34:16 -0500
...Resurfacing the flywheel should not effect your end play since they don't resurface the part that goes against the shims. Hope this helps...
1.8 timming
Historical mailing list - vwghost
Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:01:18 -0500
1.8 liter gas engine i put in my 88 vanagon using a diesel flywheel and pressure plate.I need to get timing right...
Re: 15 degree VW I4 mount question
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:47:40 -0700
Good to know about flywheel and about plate options in terms of mounting holes. This is becoming clearer, and certainly helps with conversion choices...
Re: 1.8 timming
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Sat, 26 Jan 2002 18:37:45 -0800
Assuming your 1.8 is Digifant II, the diesel flywheel or pressure plate (whichever one the TDC v-notch is on) needs a thin...
Re: 84 Westy: 1st gear shakes
Historical mailing list - Dave
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 12:21:26 -0600
...I did get a new clutch and all of the rotating parts balanced, including the new clutch, new pressure plate and resurfaced flywheel. I...
Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sun, 29 May 2005 17:38:19 -0600
...If bad obtain a new flywheel. Note that the ring may appear to have a dip in the teeth rather than any broken teeth...
Re: Installed new clutch, "used-in-good-condition, recently-rebuilt transmission, and, now, "no start."
Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:21:53 -0700
Thomas, Did you reset the endplay on the flywheel, or just leave the shims in as they were before. If nothing else works, you...
Re: Flywheel Mods?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:59:12 -0500
...Flywheel Mods? Has anyone experimented with removing .25mm/.010" from the pressure plate mounting surface of a stepped flywheel to increase clamping pressure? Thanks...
Re: Crankshaft stuck?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:23:32 -0400
...However, when I >>> proceeded to put the flywheel back on I was surprised to see that I >>> didn't have to block the flywheel...
Re: V6anagon hmmmm...
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:45:00 -0700 (PDT)
>Seems odd that the flywheel would be unbalanced on purpose. You would >want that to occur on the crankshaft counterweights, else the loads >on...
RE: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 10:25:00 -0800 (PST)
...Many years ago, I got a small, simple gadget for measuring crank end-play at the flywheel. Don't remember where I got it...
Re: Flywheel Seal Replacement
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:56:45 -0500
...I know I need a Flywheel Seal. I need a clutch disc - probably I need to resurface - machine - the flywheel face -- probably Anything else...
Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Thu, 7 Dec 2023 09:43:24 -0800
...So I need to > replace the flexplate with a flywheel. I presume this should be straight > forward as long as I have the proper...
Re: Flywheel Dowel Pins
Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:24:37 -0700
...I even decided to get the flywheel >> machined! >> Well it was $55 not the oft mentioned 30, but it didn't break me. >> Well...
Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:12:51 -0500
In USA, all A1 chassis cars (rabbit, scirocco, jetta 1, cabriolet) have throttle body on flywheel side. Even some A2 cars, like the G60...
OOOPs! Transmission Leaking after clutch kit installation
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:12:53 -0700
...kit, including new throwout (clutch release) bearing, throwout bearing guide, flywheel main seal, flywheel "O" ring, new pilot bearing, pilot bearing felt seal and...