The only part that was a little confusing was pulling
the case off and out of the way.  You have to put it in
1st gear i believe to get the linkage out of the way
and play with it a little to find the clearance.  Other
than that and using only very thin film of sealant on
the cases, and it is a pretty easy job.
steve

Matthew Pollard wrote:
>
> No, the directions appear clear (i'll tell you saturday if they aren't!)
> but it just SEEMS so simple that i though surely i was missing something.
> We'll see this weekend!
>
> Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
> Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
> University of Idaho
> www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
>
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Steve Schwenk wrote:
>
> > Sorry the directions on the webpage are not clearer.
> > But if anyone wants to provide better ones, i would be
> > happy to post them there.  Too much for me to do!
> >
> > > "Forhan, Thomas" wrote:
> > >
> > > Steve's pictures tell the story, but yes, it is nice
> > > to have a full range of extensions and a universal to
> > > take off all those 13mm bolts.
> > >
> > > I did it three times: once replacing the VC with
> > > another one that I had taken from a salvage vehicle
> > > (did not work), once with a new VC from Derek ( did
> > > not get a good seal and the fluid leaked) and the
> > > third time with enough sealant that it all held
> > > together, and after all that training I probably
> > > could do it in a couple of hours.
> > >
> > > One big time consumer is learning  which length
> > > extension is needed to take out each of those bolts.
> > >
> > > As you start sliding the housing back, try to keep
> > > the actual VC on the shaft, and not take it out with
> > > the housing. I used some wooden wedges to make sure
> > > it stayed in place. Keeping the VC on the shaft will
> > > give you more clearance to move the housing around.
> > >
> > > Then you have to figure  out how to move the housing
> > > over to the side - see pictures 7 and 8 on Steve's
> > > site. The trick is to rotate the housing around - try
> > > lots of different positions, it will go back and then
> > > over to the side and out of your way.
> > >
> > > But all day Saturday should be plenty of time...good
> > > luck
> > >
> > > Tom F.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Matthew Pollard [mailto:poll7356@uidaho.edu]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:08 PM
> > > To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com; syncro@yahoogroups.com
> > >
> > > Subject: [Syncro] removing VC- time and ease??
> > >
> > > Hi there,
> > > I've -quickly- looked over bently... how long does it
> > > take to remove a VC
> > > (the drive line is already out- tranny too :-). How
> > > easy is this job? The
> > > slideshow on syncro.org makes it look pretty darn
> > > easy- am i missing
> > > something? How about refilling the diff with fluid
> > > (yes, redline mt90)-
> > > easy, a PIA? What do i need to know before i spend
> > > all day saturday doing
> > > it?  Special tools that are not mentioned? (like
> > > funky long wobbly
> > > extensions, etc?)
> > > cheers
> > > matthew
> > >
> > > Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and
> > > flirting with death
> > > Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and
> > > catch your breath"
> > > University of Idaho
> > > www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
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