Date:         Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:10:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Richard Koller <brvkoller@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Richard Koller <brvkoller@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gremlins
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Thanks guys, good info.
Koller

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> With the rear tin and muffler out of the way a half inch drive impact with
> a short 30 mm socket gets that bolt right out. To use a torque wrench to
> tighten for a manual 4th gear and the handbrake will hold it back. For an
> automatic placing a thick wall 13 mm socket on one of the torque converter
> bolts will hold it back.
>
>
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> Sent from my Windows 10 phone
>
>
>
> *From: *Richard Koller <brvkoller@GMAIL.COM>
> *Sent: *Sunday, March 27, 2016 1:51 PM
> *To: *vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> *Subject: *Re: Gremlins
>
>
> How do you guys get that pulley off? Impact wrench?
> Rick Koller
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:52 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dennis,  you description sounds exactly like my problem. Oil absolutely
> > everywhere. Significant oil dripping on the ground, pulley end of engine
> > wet with oil, bottom wet with oil, and needless to say, rear of the van
> is
> > sopping wet with oil.
> >
> > A friend here is familiar with that difficulty and is going to give me a
> > hand with it on Monday. Estimated 2 to 4 hours to fix it. Not to much
> else
> > that could put out that much oil in so short a time, it seems. Much like
> > the oil loss I experienced when the oil cooler seal ruptured - oil all
> over
> > the place!
> >
> > Thanks for the heads up on this. Now for sure I feel like we are going in
> > the right direction!
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Mar 27, 2016 11:14, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > John,
> > > Has this been figured out yet? Had one yesterday with oil slinging
> > everywhere. Turned out the O-ring between the pulley and rear bearing
> > thrust plate broke. This let oil run through the pulley key slot and out
> > the center. Dropped the muffler with cat and the rear tin. Then removed
> the
> > pulley replacing the seal and that O-ring. Took about 3 hours. All
> better.
> > >
> > > Dennis
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>] On Behalf
> > Of John Rodgers
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 9:07 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: Gremlins
> > >
> > > I seem to have them.
> > >
> > > Got my 88GL back today with the new manual tranny. But guess what -
> got a
> > serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in the
> > vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the heck!).
> > >
> > > This really has me confounded. The last few months it's been one thing
> > after another. Last time it went out the door of the shop after getting
> > CV's lubed and some other things, and the brakes failed right out the
> front
> > door of the shop. I found the problem and fixed that without further ado.
> > > This time I had the tranny changed and a new clutch put in, and it
> works
> > great, but right out of the shop Black Oil Niagra Falls starts at the
> > pulley end of the engine. What the hey?
> > >
> > > Spent a ton, expended a lot of my own energy fixing, and I still can't
> > really drive it anywhere. Back end is covered in so much oil its dripping
> > off the bumper and trailer hitch!!
> > >
> > > Any suggestions anyone - besides driving it off into the river?
> > >
> > > John
> >
>