Type 1 main seals

Discussion in 'Mech Tech' started by Mattlad, Jan 3, 2022.

  1. What you possibly did was try to shim out movement in the end bearing (which is utterly futile), and loaded up the "proper" endfloat with too many shims. This will quite reliably lock your crank up :)
     
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  2. yes - that motor was past its best by some margin.
     
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  3. Well some progress has been made - in the quest for finding space in the garage To take the bus engine out, I became sidetracked and unburied the bug.

    Before

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    Apres

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    Not got me very far with the oil seal though..
     
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  4. You’ve opened the bonnet ;)?
     
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  5. Yes - it took 2 hours to do that and jack it up- can you tell me which bit is the engine- I can’t find it?
     
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  6. Wish I could find something like that in a dusty corner of my garage :cool:
     
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  7. Probably been nicked by someone to put in their Subaru :thumbsup:
     
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  8. Many many hours of clearing stuff out and chucking in down the tip, reorganising, moving stuff around and general clearing up allows me to have a small working space to think about dropping the motor.

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    After all that shifting stuff around, I only got as far as jacking the bus up and on axle stands….

    this week, I will definitely get the engine out, definitely, for sure.
     
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  9. I helped do one on an orange bus in a field once, should be easy in a garage

    Pretty sure hangovers were also involved

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  10. Easy Peasey lemon squeezy

    quite litterally the bus just laid this….

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  11. There’s meant to be a small
    Puddle of oil on the bellhousing to keep things nice and rust free yeah?

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  12. Is it back in yet?

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  13. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Still trying to get the flywheel off. :D
     
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  14. Very much not.
     
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  15. after being guilt tripped into doing something I thought I’d just pop in the garage and take the clutch off and the flywheel - it won!!!
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  16. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Maybe someone in Brizzle has a torquemeister you can borrow. :lol:
     
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  17. :lol:o_O:)

    I just ordered one - it won’t be the last time my nuts are too tight.

    Back to the last minute tax return for me then…,
     
  18. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    You've got ages! I used to dump my books on the acc with 2 days to go. :)
    They were well ordered though if I say so myself.
     
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  19. Definitely worth getting. Pity you have to pay for the Beetle hub thingies as well, but may be useful to you.
     
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  20. Baysearcher

    Baysearcher [secret moderator]

    Blame quadruple Dave!
     
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