

| Subject: | What's the correct torque here?? 33 ft./lbs.!!!! |
| From: | Tom Young |
| Date: | Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:43:13 -0700 |
Thanks to all who replied to my qustion regarding the torque to use to
mount the engine carrier to the crankcase on a 2.0l Vanagon engine. I dug
further into my stash of manuals and pulled out the "Official Service
Manual" for 1968 to 1979 buses. It has a real nice table of torques
which includes the size and quality grade of the fastener in question -
if only other manuals were this good!
Anyway, this table indicates that 14 ft./lbs. is the correct torque to
use here, FOR AN 8MM BOLT. As was pointed out to me, I mis-identified
the bolts for my application ('80-'83 Vanagon) as 8mm when they are
actually 10mm in size.
So I believe the 33 ft./lbs. spec'd in 2 of the manuals I consulted is
correct, and that's what I'm using. Looks like the 14 ft./lbs. quoted in
the other two manuals (Wilson, Clymer) is a carryover from the pre-'80
Type4 engines.
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Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon
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