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On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 08:48, Vlach, Joe -CKHS wrote: > > > Well, it appeared to be metalic, but I confess, I have not put a magnet on > it as of yet. The tear-down is in full swing so it's a little late to go > back now. > > I got the fan off, I used a harmonic puller. The engine is disassembled. I > still need to split the case. I need to get a oil-pump removal tool. > If you don't have the oil pump puller, wait until you have all the case bolts loose. Just as you start to split the case, the pump will come out. > The case-half bolts were really loose, as well as the upper head bolts. > If the case bolts were too loose, you might expect to have to get the case line bored. > The books don't say I need to remove the distributor drive gear before > splitting. Is this true? > I rarely pull a distributor drive out unless there is a specific reason. I usually leave it in, and set the distributor while installing the crank and cam as I build the engine. Less chance of dropping the shims, while the case is split. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org