Right.  It's been a long time since I did that, but I'll be at it again
soon.  I don't remember those washers, so I must have re-used them without
any problems.

As you know, you have to remove the rock shields to get at the plugs, which
is a PITA if the nuts and bolts on the exhaust are corroded.  Use lots of
penetrant.

Have fun!

Stuart

From: Steven Shelton [mailto:shelton4@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 9:05 AM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Coolant Leak

Those are oil drain plug washers.  The coolant drain plug washers are the
one's that are hard to find.  Kenneth Wilford said he had some but I was
hoping to find some locally so I could get back on the road.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

Drain plug washer:
http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_597_252/oil-drain-plug-crush-washer.ht
<http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_597_252/oil-drain-plug-crush-washer.h
tml>
ml

Dealer should always be your last resort, use our vendors!  NAPA is also
problematic, I've had some really poor quality parts for the van from them.
I can tell you to never get heater control valve from them!

Other vendors I support:

www.busdepot.com
www.gowesty.com
www.bus-boys.com

And there are others who supply specialty parts for suspension, performance,
etc.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Steven Shelton

Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 6:37 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Coolant Leak

It's been two years since the coolant was changed so it was on my list.
 I'm having a hard time finding the drain plug crush washers - NAPA and
AutoZone didn't have anything close.  I ordered some from the dealership but
I'm not convinced they are the right part.

Any ideas on why there is even an opening in the head here?  The only thing
I can think of is that it was used in manufacturing the head.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Dennis Haynes
<d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Could be the gasket or the plate is badly corroded. The screws may put
> up a fight. Plan on replacing them. If the gasket is bad most likely a
> sign the engine has been badly over heated.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Steven Shelton
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:35 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Coolant Leak
>
> While troubleshooting the oil pressure light problem on my 1985 1.9L,
> I found a coolant seep.  It seems to be coming from a small, 2" X 1"
> diamond shaped cover plate at the front of the driver's side of the
> engine, just in front of the spark plug .  It's held on by two allen
> head bolts.  Could this just be a matter of taking off the plate and
> sealing it with Permatex or will removing that plate open a Pandora's
> box of problems?
>