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Thanks for the response. On the flange with the plate do you have to change the length of the studs on the turbo, I assume that is a stud, one of mine is broken off, how hard is it to take those nuts off without busting them? Thanks again for your help.

I have a westie with a 1.6 turbo and the turbo needs support brackets or something because it keeps vibrating the exhaust nuts loose. I have tried double nuts on the exhaust mainfold and no luck. What have other folks done to prevent this? I do not know enough to tell what kind of turbo I have.

Andrew,

Is the 86 tank out of any particular engine or are they standard in any water cooled. Thanks for the help.

Irene

I need to replace my expansion tank and am having a hard time finding one. Anyone have one or can tell me how to convert to another style and where to get one? Thanks Irene

Can I use struts off a rabbit for a caddy pu? I salvaged a pair off an 82 rabbit and the ones on my 81 pu are shot. thanks Irene

The temp gauge works fine. When I fill up the tank to full the fuel gauge registers and up to about a3/4 of a tank. I am guessing I am going to have to drop the tank . Thanks for the input. Irene

I have a vanagon that sat for years and have got it running again. The fuel gauge is not operating at all times, intermitent, mostly if I add fuel to full, it will register then mysterously disappear past empty. Is the sender faulty, or gauge? If it is the sender will I have to completey remove the ...

Thankyou for the pic John, I can't tell where the hose from the top of the oil cooler connects into. thanks Irene

can someone post me a photo of the coolant hoses set up on the stock oil cooler on the vanagon set up. Much appreciated. Irene

Andrew, what size all thread are you using, and where are you connecting to? thanks, Irene

I sent my head off to be rebuilt and they said that the hole in the head where the exhaust stud had gone thru was from someone drilling out a broken stud and had drilled thru into the water jacket, [reminds me of a bad root canal] also that the head had more than 20k worth of wear on it. The head is...

Andrew, I need to replace the drive shaft seals where the halfshafts connect, can that be done with out pulling the trans? If I pull just the engine how much room do I need to clear the shaft of the trans., and then how hard is to connect it back to trans when installing? Seems like it mite be easie...

What are some of the ways to remove the engine? With or without trans? Thought about making a hoist with blocks and a com-a-long or should I go rent a cherry picker? Wheres the weight balance when pulling both engine and trans and where to put the chain? I think I will need to replace the drive seal...

Ok, if I bore it out, with new pistons, do the rods change size? Can I put rings in without special tools, what tools will I need? At this point the engine is still in the car so any help along the way will be greatly appreciated Thanks Irene

I took the head to the local machinist today and he seems to think it could be fixed with using red loctite on a new stud and maybe helicoil it. It looks like someone over tightened and it came thru the water jacket. I can see the end of the stud in the water jacket port by the head surface. The onl...