Just looks like somebody forgot all three crankshaft shims and probably
bottomed out the bolts without fully seating the flywheel to the crank end.
It doesn't look like a killer condition unless it's hammered the oil gallery
plugs so much that they might leak.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "tabe johnson" <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: Damage to case behind flywheel. Interesting...

> The continuing saga of installing my Used Engine
> Of Mystery...
>
> The engine I'm installing in my 4 speed Westy came
> from an automatic, I think.  Anyway, the case behind
> where my flywheel will sit is damaged.  See photo at:
>
> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/case.jpg
>
> I wonder how this could have happened.  Any ideas?
>
>
>
> --tabe johnson
> xtabe@yahoo.com
> '87 Westy, Vancouver BC
>
> PS - a photo of the water pump drip (from my previous
> post) is at
> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/drip.jpg
>
>
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