I had a walkthrough split, just by chance.
I had a big case of the dreads when I needed to put a clutch in it but once
I got started I found that the PO had installed a quick disconnect plug on
the wiring harness and then there was just the one fuel line to deal with.
The whole engine came backwards after removal of the rear-most lower body
panel. The R & R only took about two hours since I didn't need to pull the
tranny.
That's a definite upside to the removal of a Vanagon engine at about 12
hours for an R &R.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: in the year 2015......

> >  >> The down sides to the Bay and Split window are the absence of a big
hole
> >>>  over the engine for easy access.
> >>
> >>  The 1600-powered Bays had no engine hatch at all!
> >
> >Yeah, & the worst hack in Splitdom, besides the wheel wells being cut
out,
>
> Ugh.
>
> >is to cut in a hatch over the engine to access the AC engine? I've seen
> >restos where they have patched in the hole to make it stock. Nope,
thinking
> >more, the bulkhead removal to make a walk thru is the worst!
>
> So why doidn't they look for a walkthrough Split? Hard to find,
> maybe... then, not all Bays were walkthrough either.
>
> >Tom-don't need no access panel to work on a upright engine, just need 4'
> >long arms.
>
> Dead right! EASY to work on. But I do have long arms...
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
>
> HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE
>
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