[Vwdiesel] Rebuilding injection pump

[gary]

$110? !!!

Does that include the main shaft bushing?

I've done two pumps personally and I paid $110 for the pump body assy
alone! That was for a cleaned body with main shaft fitted with a new
bush.

I would pay $110 with out a second thought.

-Gary


On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 22:48 +0200, Razvan Florea wrote:
> A few days ago I noticed that my pump is leaking too.  I went to the 
> shop(Garrett and Delphi service) and they charge about 110 US$ for removing 
> IP, full rebuilding including seals kit, mounting  and timing. Since I don't 
> have much time and zero expertise on IP I am thinking to go with the shop. 
> Is that a fair price? The pump is 212k km, on 1,9 AAZ TD 1993 engine!
> Thank you,
> OT: Today just signed the lease for '05, 2.0 TDI PD 140 Hp Golf. My dream 
> car is two days away! Just had to share with you guys!
> All the best,
> Razvan
> '78 1,6 NA Glof (gone now)
> '84 1,6 NA Golf
> '93 1,9 TD Golf
> '05 2,0 TDI PD Golf (waiting)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "S Boser" <java at xprt.net>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>; "Sandy Cameron" <scameron at compmore.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rebuilding injection pump
> 
> 
> > Thanks I'll give that a try as a short term fix, I still want to try my 
> > hand at rebuilding the pump, but better to not have to rely on my 
> > incompatance on a car I need to get around with.
> >
> > Steve
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Sandy Cameron" <scameron at compmore.net>
> > To: "S Boser" <java at xprt.net>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 8:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rebuilding injection pump
> >
> >
> >> At 06:51 PM 12/4/05 -0800, you wrote:
> >>>Hi All
> >>>
> >>>Seems around here our injection pumps are starting to leak. A friends 
> >>>1980
> >> Rabbit was leaking for a while and he didn't notice it, his wife was 
> >> driving
> >> it and the fuel had saturated the belt and of course the belt let go. 
> >> She's
> >> trying to talk him into a new TDI
> >>>A couple days later I noticed a shiny spot from under my car after a
> >> typical Oregon rain, on closer inspection, it appears my injection pump
> >> front seal is leaking too.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Front (main shaft ) seals are cheap and easy to replace. I did the seal 
> >> on
> >> the old 1.6 in goldie 70,000 miles ago and still dry. Seal was so bad the
> >> xfer pumpwould not lift fuel
> >>
> >> Don't even have to take the pump off the car.
> >>
> >> Buy the seal, (less than $10) from a pump shop.
> >> Pull the drive sprocket from the pump shaft (it's keyed)
> >> Use a puller, and pull on the holes inside nearest the shaft, or the
> >> sprocket may shatter, it's cast iron.
> >> Take a small flat blade screw driver, heat it, bend the blade 90* to form 
> >> a hook
> >> Dress it with a file so it is free of burrs and about 1/16" hook.  A real
> >> toolmaker could probably shape it in a semi-circle to fit even better.
> >> The deal is to be able to punch it through the fabric of the seal WITHOUT
> >> TOUCHING THE SHAFT ! ,  and hook it out of the pump body without touching
> >> the shaft with anything and scoring it.
> >>
> >> Brain surgery? yes, but doable even by an old fart like me. Just do it
> >> slowly and carefully.
> >> Doing it again, I might make a split plastic tube , like the one in the
> >> brake caliper sliders, and insert over the shaft to protect it during the
> >> operation (maybe a proctologist could do it without hurting anything?)
> >>
> >> The new seal is inserted flange - in, and tapped home using a short 
> >> length
> >> of 1/2" copper water pipe.
> >>
> >> Assembly is reverse of dis-assembly {Bentley}
> >>
> >> Even though my pump is very high-miles (it's second engine) and the shaft
> >> has significant play, it still does not leak after 70,000m / 100,000km 
> >> (near
> >> enough)
> >>
> >> Car has 500,000km on it, just broken in.
> >>
> >> Sandy
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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