[Vwdiesel] vacuum pump

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/7/2006 8:59:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
salex at dsl.cis.upenn.edu writes:

> Any suggestions on what to look at when I open the pump again?  Are some
> rebuild kits better than others?  Is there some other failure which can
> cause the pump to chew through parts?
> 


  First one I did, I put in the new valves that come in the full kit.  
I fought and fought for consistent vacuum.  I finally put the old valves 
back in and they're still there!  A few on the list have had short lives 
on the diaphragm due to some misalignment/adjustment when 
installing the new diaphragm.  I never did so I had a difficult time 
following the difference in precedure.  I'm sure they can pipe right 
up with that solution though!
  Open it up and see if it's a torn diaphragm again.  Othewise its a 
funky valve or something in it.
     Loren