Nice Jack, if the clutch is still good should I replace it anyway since I’m
in there and I have 80k miles on it?

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 3:01 PM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I've done this job twice since ownership of my 84 Westy.
> Yes, dropping the trans is required, but it isn't that bad.
>
> The reason I had to do it twice is that Blast Media migrated into the Bell
> Housing and messed up the rear main seal.
>
> We did the job at my home, and took about 4 hours as I recall.  Replacing
> all the seals and clutch assembly etc.
> It took about 1000 miles before everything was smooth with the new clutch,
> and this was over 15k miles ago.
>
> Very happy I did it, and no leaks!
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jack
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 2:35 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Oil leak
>
> Tom,
>
> It's been many years but I don't think it's too bad. Getting the
> transmission out and back in is the hard part, and that's not that bad. The
> worst part of that I recall is getting the clutch bracketry off and it
> helps to have help lowering the transmission to the ground. Once it's out,
> I think any old seal puller will do. Driving it back in can be a challenge,
> don't recall what I used but I found something lying around that worked or
> else used hole saws to make a wooden donut to do the job with it and a pipe
> slipped over the input shaft. This was on a waterboxer which I assume you
> have.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 1:23 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Sorry Tom C.  You have the most important question but I don’t have info
> > on this!
> >
> > Hang in there.
> >
> > Eric Caron
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Aug 1, 2022, at 10:44 AM, Tom C <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey fellas,
> > >
> > > I’ve always had a little oil drip but it’s getting to be a bigger drip,
> > > Coming from the engine trans connection. I’m guessing the guy that
> > > installed the main bearing seal didn’t do a good job since it was a
> brand
> > > new gowesty motor and always had a drip. I wanted to wait till I
> needed a
> > > new clutch before I tried to tackle the job but 75k miles later clutch
> is
> > > totally fine. How much of a bear is that main bearing seal?
> >
>