Date:         Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:09:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Pete Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
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From:         Pete Cassidy <pcassidy@APPLE.COM>
Subject:      Goop - revisited!
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Pete Cassidy said:

>Hi all,
>
>     Just getting round to re-building the engine on 'Muriel/ - my
>88' Wolfsburg. When I got the re-build kit from Bus Depot, I also
>got a tube of black/blue goop. This appears to be the head seal goop.
>I notice that Bentley recommends that this go on the flat (head) side
>of the seal and not on the lip (block) side. However, Herb (from the
>archives) recommends both sides should be 'gooped'. Which is more
>correct?? My heads were slightly pitted - nothing major - so we
>JB-Welded them & sanded them flat.

Here I go replying to my own mailings! Sad, eh?

We re-built Muriel's engine last week & all is well! I'm back on the
road again woohoo! 8-)

Regarding the head seal goop, we went with Herb's advice over Bentley
and everything worked out ok. I feel a little more secure with the
Herb method as Bentley seems to assume that there will be no block
pitting (there was & we JB-Welded them). Result: no leakage whatsoever.

On the cylinder stud seal goop, Bugformance in Sacramento suggested
using Curil-T, made by Elring. It was a bit expensive at $10 but it
smelled great! 8-) We applied a thin coating of this fruity-aroma'd
green goop to the cleaned cylinder studs & torqued them home.
No problems so far .....

The engine rework was a lot of effort. Herb's notes from the archives
were invaluable. I'll post later on how we did it  & what we found.
The old head sealing gaskets were *horrendously* damaged!!

>Regards,
>
>Pete C (got the day off work tomorrow to finish the re-build!)

.... and fun it was, too! 8-)

Pete C

P.S - Blatant plug alert! Initially Bus Depot sent out the wrong rings
but performed heroically in redressing the problem. Their customer
service is only incredible! I judge a company not just on when
things go right, but what they do when things go wrong. Three
cheers (yet again) to Ron and the Bus Depot!! 8-)


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Peter Cassidy,                     pcassidy@apple.com
'88 Wolfsburg "Muriel"           *not speaking for Apple*