The question is can the case still hold a seal without the piece. next
question do you have a drummel tool to clean the aluminum so you can apply a
small amount of JB weld. I use masking tape when forming JB weld.
feel free to call for comfort and support
 Im local

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Bob Donalds
Boston Engine Exchange

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Williams" <westyvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:36 PM
Subject: cracked right side case...i'm in TROUBLE! (was crank pulley
bolt...argh!)

> and such is life...my luck with vanagons hasn't yet
> changed.  i was working on trying to get the crank
> pulley bolt off last night...using my gentle
> persuasion methods (a breaker bar with a pipe over the
> end of it to give more leverage)...i still couldn't
> seem to get the bolt off.  at the moment i gave up
> hope, my mothers boyfriend showed up and started
> hitting the head of the bolt with a sledge-hammer and
> then when that didn't work he took the sledge to the
> end of the breaker bar...all the while there was a
> wrench jammed in the hole on the pulley to keep it
> from moving.
>
> somewhere in the mix...a small chunk of the right side
> of the case cracked and fell off (the small piece
> which supports the housing for the front crank seal).
> i could've cried...but i don't cry...i get pissed.  my
> mothers boyfriend is now trying to convince me that
> the case can be welded...and i don't know if i should
> accept this or not.
>
> so my question(s) is/are...can these block be welded
> and still be considered structurally sound...and if
> not...does anyone in massachusetts or new england have
> a spare right side case hanging out in thier garage.
> keep in mind i'm pinching pennies now, because i just
> spent a fortune in all the parts for my
> rebuild...anyone have any ideas before i find a cliff
> and jump?
>
> ugh...i hate to say it...but why is it ALWAYS
> difficult...just once i could use some freedom from
> failure...
>
> thanks for the help...
> mike
>
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