FINALLY sucked it up and replaced the powersteering pump in my '85 190D. I
replaced the low pressure hose too as a preventative. Once I got the old hose
out it looked perfect but I'd already taken it off so...
The PS pump on the '85 190D is really really easy to replace. I even used
locktite on the hub bolts so I'm pretty confident they won't loosen up.
Then I had a try at the windshield wiper, its REALLY slow on cold mornings. Its
also a bitch to get off and I managed to lose a washer. Fortunately my spares
kit had something similar. I couldn't figure how to get into the gearbox so I
poured ATF over the moving parts and put it aside.
The heater box is also a bitch to get into. I managed to break 2 of the metal
clips on it while fighting to get the dammed cover off and never did get the 2
bottom clips back on. Whoever designed that should be slapped around.
I got some ATF onto the bearings on the blower motor which seems to have cured
it from squeaking. It was surprisingly clean in there...
Bundled it all back together, only spent about 3 hours total...
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: My Vanagon's persistant temp gauge problem is resolved
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:19:18 -0700 Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After which, I started the van and heard a most peculiar noise. Here's
> the happy surprise that awaited my return to the engine compartment:
> http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Volkswagen/Van_d%20ohhhh.JPG
When I was in the Air Force, I purchased a new 1972 220D/8 and didn't
practice my mechanic skills for a year while it was under warranty (I had
previously completely rebuilt a 1959 Alfa Romeo Guilietta Spyder Veloce
engine and a 1969 Lotus Europa engine).
The first thing I did on the car was to adjust the valves. In the parking
lot next to the Bachelor Officer's Quarters. With a major or lieutenant
colonel watching. Asking me if I really knew what I was doing. Everything
went just fine, like you, until I started the engine up. I, too, heard a
strange noise. Upon returning to the engine compartment, I discovered that
I had left the rachet/extension/socket I used to turn the crank in place.
Besides making the noise, it had punched a small hole in the radiator
core, causing a leak. Oops.
My observer was gracious and didn't say anything. He also took me and the
radiator to a radiator shop to have the leak fixed.
Craig
