What Vic was saying is that the bolt holes for the flywheel only line up one
way. There is no way to put it on 90 degrees off, etc.

There are 3 small pins that protrude from the flywheel to make sure that the
pressure plate only fits one way as well. No, the pins cannot be moved to
different spots. The only way to put it on wrong is butchery.

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://www.relitech.com/tomc
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

-----Original Message-----
From: James Foust [mailto:catndogs@EARTHLINK.NET]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:47 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 82 DIESEL FLYWHEEL

I am going to install a new clutch.  I will also remove the flywheel and
have
it machined.  So how do I align the pressure plate in the correct location?
(since it doesn't matter how the flywheel goes on, and the dowl pin can be
positioned anywhere? or can it?)

    TIA  jamie foust

----- Original Message -----
From: <DrVic955@aol.com>
To: <catndogs@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: 82 DIESEL FLYWHEEL

> Hi there,
>
> While it's impossible to put the flywheel on wrong, it is possible to put
the
> pressure plate on wrong, especially if the locating pins on the flywheel
for
> the pressure plate are missing or damaged. The timing mark on the vanagon
> diesel is actually on the pressure plate itself, not on the flywheel.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vic
>