Benny Boy, I think Boston Bob was installing a different flywheel on that
motor.
In that situation, you have to check the endplay.

If you just take your flywheel off and change a rubber seal obviously the
endplay will not change.

And yes, I found it funny too that Bob was bashed for faulty seal
installation when he knows more about it than most people on this list.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Benny boy
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 9:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of
the WBX Flywheel

Ok, first, it's all wrong! ha ha ha.... nice and funny vid! Pretty cool to
see both of you guys LIVE.
The only thing is that Bob! it is with that "endplay" thing that you will
scare many of doing a crankshaft seal replacement wile doing their clutch...
he he, and that is worse then not changing this one. The wasser is a tough
engine (botom end) and i have seen only one guy with a endplay (over .009)
and this engine was working like a charm, anyway, what i'm trying to say
here is if it was running fine before and you don't mess with the flywheel,
you can do a seal change without having a dial end play gauge. I have check
most (80%) of the engine/clutch i have done and ONLY one was out of the
.003-.006 tolerance.

Everything else is just SUPER! Now, is it just me but it's kind of funny to
see a guy so... meticulous being kind of "bashed" not so long ago on that
specific subject!!! ok... relax all, it's just a bit funny...

THAT PROOVE ONE THING... everybody can make mistake (if any where made), now
you can understand that sometime (like the video show about the same part #
for the 10 and 12mm seal) even with the best intention, some stuff can go
wrong, and about those seal!!! men, the average that are good in the box is
about of 80%... lately, one was to loose! yea, to loose.. (i always test
them on the flywheel)... can you believe that! what about one to tight!!! i
won't see that! would you!!!!

Regards, Ben