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On 24 Jun 2006 at 21:35, Keith Park wrote: > I pulled the flywheel (one nice thing about a lightened flywheel is that it > doesn't hurt so much when you drop it on your foot!) Anywho, the oil was > everywhere but didn't seem to have gotten into the clutch much if any. I > pulled the main seal and it looked OK but was noticeably stiffer than the > one I pulled out of the Squareback a few weeks ago. The sealing surface on > the flywheel had a bit of a mark on it, kind of like that flywheel came out > of an engine that had been outdoors for a while and they didn't completely > clean it off when the machined it. It didn't seem bad enough to be leaking > but???? Its getting a new seal, O ring, and I emeryed the sealing surface > to smooth out any irregularities. How did the seal lip look? Was it still pointed? If you stretched it did it have little cracks? (I don't expect to see cracks in the new red ones.) > The cam plug was in place but had a couple nicks in the outer rubber > surface, they didn't seem to go through and it didn't give me the impression > that it was leaking but it sure did come right out of there when I speared > it with a screwdriver The center of that plug is only thin rubber, and I > can see this stiffening up after enough years and cracking... crappy design! I'll bet those are silicone rubber and won't be as affected by time and heat as some of the old seals. > Perhaps the RTV that I used as a sealant was getting affected by the > oil around that plug and I will put the next one in dry as per Tim's > recommendation at Berg. The galley plugs and such didn't look cracked > and didn't seem to be leaking, but ??? hard to tell for sure. I > epoxyed them in place anyway just as an extra measure. I would at least oil the OD of the new seal to allow it to slide into place gracefully. > So, no smoking gun, but a layer of haze.... I sure hope this takes care of > it as I don't know where I could go from here. God, how I hate stories that "end" like this.... ;-p -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~