The seal should be flush with the front of the housing. Do not drive it home
as it will then be to far back for the lip to ride on the converter hub. You
must also carefully check the hub for wear and the condition of the bushing
inside the torque converter. I've found that most converter leaks are caused
by a grove on the hub and/or a worn bushing. This seal itself rarely goes
bad. the bushing is easily replaced. A worn hub will require a rebuilt
torque converter.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Brian Cochran
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 12:47 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: (home engine repair) Torque convertor seal question

Hello everyone,
After consulting the Bentley, I am still left in the dark about the final
resting place of the torque convertor seal on the diff.  I found it flush
with the diff casing, about 3 mm or so from the back of the seal's groove.
(yeah, I'm lacking in vocab here)
Do I put the new one in like I found it (it was leaking--could have been the
seal OR the LOCATION), or should I pound it "home" to the back of the
groove.  Bentley, of course, only explains  with lame pictures and doesn't
show the final resting place.

Any expertise is very welcomed.
Thanks,
Brian Cochran

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