[Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--It gets worse!!

[Val Christian]

It's not that bad.  Most of the stuff is fixable.

You may be able to get single bearings.  Price everything out, and ke
in mind that there are some vendors you might visit for good
"value" parts.  

Take your time on it, and keep collecting what info you can from others.

Also keep in mind that if you bought the car to sell, then you may not want 
to put 4 new pistons in, etc (grin) but rather do a quality job to fix any 
issues you can identify.  The car isn't worth more to someone else because
you put in all new bearings.  But I would look at the wear pattern on the
existing main and rod bearings, and plastigage them.  It's a couple of 
hours work, but it's not hard work.








> 
> Hmm, if I have to buy bearings for the one cylinder, I imagine I would get =
> a whole set, right?  Why not just replace all of them?  Would it be as easy=
>  as unbolting the other rod cap bolts, pushing the rod/piston up a bit, ins=
> erting the bearings and bolting it back together, tightly?
> 
> I've done lots of different types of repairs on different vehicles, but thi=
> s is the first time I've been inside an engine further than replacing a hea=
> d gasket.
> 
> Dave Cook
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 2/1/11, Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit--It gets worse!!
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 2:22 PM
> > I would at least plastigauge the
> > other bearings, while the oil pan is off.
> > =
> 
> > > =
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> > > In a message dated 1/31/2011 7:52:28 PM Pacific
> > Standard Time, =
> 
> > > ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com
> > writes:
> > > =
> 
> > > > I'm betting you can pull the head and that
> > piston, replace it and get it
> > > > back on the road as a 4 cylinder easily
> > > > =
> 
> > > > =
> 
> > > =
> 
> > >=A0=A0=A0I'm seconding that.=A0 The rod
> > journal may not even be damaged!=A0 The =
> 
> > > shoulders =
> 
> > > on the crank look to have taken the hit against the
> > rod.=A0 Yup, pull the =
> 
> > > head, pop =
> 
> > > the piston out of there, drop in a good used piston
> > and rod, some bearings, =
> 
> > > =
> 
> > > CHECK THE TORQUE on the rest of the rods, check the
> > mains, put it back =
> 
> > > together!=A0 :-)
> > >=A0=A0=A0I want to see a pic of the whole rod
> > once you get it out.=A0 Usually the =
> 
> > > caps =
> 
> > > are torn off.=A0 I'm curious just what failed there
> > and why.
> > >=A0 =A0=A0=A0Loren
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