Right, I am thinking front as meaning when I'm standing over the engine,
nearest to me. :-) I forgot the cardinal rule of "front is front".
Courtney

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)

> slave cylinder bolt ?
> if speaking vanagon ..
> the forward one with the bracket on it is easy.
> it's the aft one that's hard to get a small 13mm wrench on the bottom side
> in the tight space of the bracket, then turn the other side on the top.
>
> but there is a nice fix for that.
> I do it on any transaxle, or slave bracket, fthat is removed fromt the
> van,
> or in my hands.
> I weld that little bolt in from below ..
> that way it's a stud,
> which is what the factory should have done..
> and then ..
> it's so easy...... .you just unscrew the nut on top of the stud ..bingo,
> slave comes right off.
>
> the primary conderns in production and design are ..
> price and content.
> how many goodies they get on the vehilce for the price ..
> making the easy to work on ..
> I'll have to say it DOES look like they thought about that some ..
> but not in every last detail.
>
> As cars go though ..
> I would not be into vanagons almost exclusiely if the did not have that
> one
> big factor..
> overall ...they are very sweet and straightforward to work on.
>
> I also like what Paul Guzak said about how the waterpump got to be so hard
> to replace on a waterboxer engine with engine in the van ..
> the factory gave the engineers just 30 days to come up with a water-cooled
> version of their air-cooled opposed four engine.  That fits all right.
> and it is truely a converted air-cooled design ..
> most obviously at the heads and head gaskets.  ( a 2.2 liter inline four
> cast iron block and maybe balancaing shafts would have been SO right !
> ...but then we wouldn't all know each other since they'd be such robust
> reliable engines ..at least this way, with the various weeknesses of
> waterboxer engines we all get to know and help each other . )
>
> but at least it's a 'real' van engine ....( the waterboxer )
> and not a car ( jetta/rabbit etc ) engine pushing a van.
> what fun.
>
> scott
> www.turbovans.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "courtney hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
>
>
>> Yes, and I actually had to stand on my tipie-toes and contort one finger
>> to get that front bolt in the slave cylinder when replacing it. Other
>> than
>> that, fantastic!
>> Courtney
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Scott Daniel  - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
>> Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:22 pm
>> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, wetwesties <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>,
>> courtney hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>
>>
>>> that's why I never ever *touch* any old air-cooled Bus ..
>>> they suck to work on, working on your knees, ducking under the
>>> engine door ..
>>> etc.
>>> On a vanagon ..they 'did it right' ..
>>> nice big fat engine cover and opening ..you are looking down at
>>> everything right in front of you ..
>>> super nice.   ( though they lost it about ease of
>>> replacing the water pump with engine in situ. )
>>>
>>> Scott
>>> www.turbovans.com
>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>   From: courtney hook
>>>   To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; wetwesties
>>>   Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:51 PM
>>>   Subject: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a
>>> waterboxer. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   OK, after working on a 84 WBX engine for the last few
>>> days I don't wanna hear anymore snivelling about access to
>>> things like the alternator or general engine work compared to my
>>> 77 Westy India rubber man contortionist engine access. :-)
>>>   I'm gettin' me a WBXer man!
>>>   Courtney
>>>
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