[Vwdiesel] Anybody have a vacuum pump?

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

  Great advice Sandy, but I did just that.  Put the body in, worked it until it seated fully, with the rotor "flush" (actually a few thou below flush) then put the lid on.  It just didn't seem to oil up and I didn't grease it, not thinking it wouldn't oil  up, so it galled, left a nub on the lid and chewed the heck out of it.  :-(
  Thought I had a spare diaphragm pump lying about but can't seem to find one.  May have to yank one from another engine until I get something sorted out.
    Loren



-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh (Sandy) Cameron <scameron at storm.ca>
To: lbaird119 <lbaird119 at aol.com>
Cc: vwdiesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Fri, Nov 21, 2014 10:13 am
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Anybody have a vacuum pump?


>   That one took less than 10 minutes from installing it, iirc.  Same with
> mine.  I had no boost for the first couple minutes in cold weather so
> figured I'd clean up the lid and file down the housing a little to
> eliminate some of the .020 gap between the rotor and lid.  For some
> reason it didn't lube up and galled. It worked stupendously for the
> first few minutes, GOBS of vacuum.  I couldn't press the pedal enough
> times to end up with a hard pedal!   I cleaned it up enough that the
> vanes would move again and had boost for one or two tries.  Haven't
> looked again but I'm sure it looks like that one or worse.  :-(

MAKE SURE IT IS FULLY AND PROPERLY MATED WITH THE OIL PUMP SO IT IS NOT
PRESSING THE ROTOR UP.

lEAVE THE TOP COVER OFF UNTIL YOU INSTALL THE PUMP AND ENSURE THE ROTOR IS
"FLOATING" INSIDE THE BARREL.
THE DRIVE TAB IS OFFSET AND YOU HAVE A 50% CHANCE OF GETTING IT WRONG.

SANDY