That could be it :-)  And strike my question about setting gear end-play.  A
gasket between the block and oil pump body would only affect the vertical
location of the all of the pump components, not the gear to pump body
clearances.

Mike Snow

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Rachel Cogent
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 10:30 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
>
>
> I thought what Dana Morphew meant was that "IT TAKES" a gasket,
> not that "IT
> NEEDS" a gasket.
> In other words, if you put a gasket in you're a fool.
>
>
> Entity Michael Snow spoke thus:
>
> > I could be wrong, but neither Bentley nor ETKA show a gasket
> that I can see.
> > How could you accurately set the pump gear end-play with a
> gasket between
> > the block and oil pump as an added variable?
> >
> > Mike Snow
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> >> Of Dana Morphew
> >> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 9:13 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
> >>
> >>
> >> Yep, it takes a gasket.
> >> -Dana-
> >>
> >>> As long as we are on the subject, does a gasket go between
> the pump and
> >>> block?