Tom and others,
thank you for your advice.  I got both cylinder heads off and am
cleaning things.  The passenger one has two black valves (from
deposits) and the drivers side has one black and one white valve for
each cylinder.  I wonder why??

One thing I'm having problems with.  I actually loosened my water pump
and took it a little bit off the studs.  I couldn't access the third
lower bolt with that big pulley in the way, so I just tightened it
back up.  Do I need to take off the pump and put new sealant on it?
Your page mentions to put a thin coat on the o-ring and I can't get
access to this unless I take off the pump.  I
don't want to do this unless I have to now (feeling lazier than
yesterday).
Things would be easier if I took off the pulley crank..  I guess it's
a bear to get off and on?

I'm going to order some seals now for the weekend.  Do I need to buy
all the seals for the waterpump too or can I just reuse the existing seals.

-- Craig

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Carrington, Tom wrote:

> Craig - Take a look at my water pump page at
>
> http://volksweb.relitech.com/19wpump.htm
>
> and you should see that the water pump comes off without having to remove
> the pulley.
>
> It's tight, but you can do it.
>
> TomC
> tcarrington@relitech.com
> http://www.relitech.com/tomc
> http://volksweb.relitech.com
> http://checkerweb.relitech.com
> 85 Vanagon Crew Cab
> 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
> 81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
> 65 Notchback
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig Oda - Personal email [SMTP:craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:48 PM
> > To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject:      crank pulley removal
> >
> > I have a 1983.5 westy with a 3 groove pulley.  As many of you know, I
> > am in the process of removing my cylinder heads to resolve a problem
> > with billowing white smoke from the exhaust.  I've got the passenger
> > side off.  It looks like I have to remove the crank pulley to get the
> > water pump off and the driver's cylinder head off.  How do I get this
> > pulley off?
> >
> > With a 30mm socket?  How do I prevent the engine from turning when I
> > turn the socket.
> >
> > Should I even try?  I can probably remove the metal piece that
> > connects to the water pump to avoid taking off the water pump.  But
> > since I'm this deep into the engine, I thought I would take off the
> > pump too.
> >
> > -- Craig
> >
> > --
> > Craig Oda   craigoda@communitybuilders.info
> > VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic
>

--
Craig Oda   craigoda@communitybuilders.info
VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic
http://communitybuilders.dhs.org/craigoda/vw/