GMC diesel*price reduced* - $2000 (florence)

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Date: 2011-06-14, 7:44PM PDT
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call -541.902.9329 GMC 6.2L diesel.Auto trans,Very good condition.Don't know much about it.Ran when parked and everything worked..Asking $ 2400 OBO.Come take a look and make me an offer.Motivated.NEEDS BATTERY . Located a 4 miles south of florence on hwy 101....... .541.902.9329. Leave a message if no answer.Title in hand.
Hillsboro school dist. bus.(very well maintained)

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so i offered 1400. we met at 1500. i took the seats out of it yesterday. the vw sits silently. forgotten...or not...

i do make this oath:I promise not to take the z-bed out of the vw and put it in the school bus. I PROMISE!!

i feel bad telling you this, but i've distracted my attentions...


i wish i could show you a picture, but you wouldn't like to se it...

the thing is, i've moved on to bigger and better things.
maybe i'll start a new blog.
it would still be about a bus.
but a real bus.
i mean...almost real...
a short bus.
a short school bus.

yep.

that's right...

it's sitting in my driveway.
blocking the vw...

kinda sad and exciting at the same time.

i'll show ya later...

good for what ale's ya

you ever heard of this stuff?

do you believe in miracles?...

well...this is the plan...

it won't start

and i can't figure why

so i finally tried what i should've tried before i bought it

tried turning it over by hand...just to see...

and i used a huge wrench and alot of muscle...alot...

and it didn't budge...not a bit...

and that's not good...not good at all...

something's not clicking. or, it's clicking. and that's all. might be something so simple i've overlooked it. or, it might be downright complicated. but for now, the fun part is over and the frustration has kicked in. i'm gonna take a break for a few days.

the engine is re-installed. and most of the wires and hoses, but not all. some lead to nowhere...so i gotta figure that out...

well hello you beautiful new clutch. i am very excited to meet with you.

did i ever show you how i supported the tranny while i was messing with everything else? just a strap and a 2x4.

i swear he's five years old going right on to fourteen. my little man modeling a captain underpants t-shirt, and a 1985 vanagon engine.

about to get medieval...but thank jah, my neighbor saw what i was doing and loaned my his awesome cherrypicker. thanks justin!

wish me luck!

i'm gonna put this thing back together today.

new clutch installed.

thank you very much.

maybe i can get the engine back in this weekend...

happy fourth of july. please celebrate responsibly.

awesome pic if i do say so. it's a crappy cell phone pic, but check out the light shining through the red loctite dripping off the bolt.

books and websites reccommend (how the hell do you spell reccomend?!)  to use a thread lock compund. i had this so i used it. the books also reccoemnd using new hardware...do they know how much nuts and bolts cost theae days!?> i chose to stick with stock...vintage...original bolts.

book reccomends 44 foot torque. i just torqued what felt like 40 lbs then gave it an extra push. book reccomends 40 or 44 (i don't remember) ft lbs and a 1/4 turn after. i guestimated. but am depending on the red loctite. i have faith.

lookie what i found in the pile of stuff that came with the van...a felt washer!! yep! the one that supposedly goes o n the back of the flywheel against the pilot bearing. can you even believe it!? i was just standing there sniffing carb cleaner and i glanced down and there it was!

our town went from lack of choice to at least two choices of BARBQ and it's just so wonderful. i love barbq. it was long overdue. so this fella craig is running the barbq truck across from burrito amigo and his signature sandwich is "the viking" presumably named after the high school mascott. i highly recommend. a dollar of the proceeds go to siuslaw athletics, the rest will fill your belly and i'm not kidding. it's a half pound burger topped with bacon, briskit, pulled pork, and steak. i'm so happy. now if they only had grits and sweet tea...

main seal gasket removed. three shims not in the picture. real thin. nothin' to 'em. the grease is packed in that hole trying to hydraulically foce the bearings out. it didn't work. my neighbor came by later with a tool that popped it right out nice and smoothe. he had one of those tools that you might never need in your entire life...but if you need it, it's good to have.
it's good to have good neighbors that have good tools.

new clutch kit!!

interesting.

looks like the portal to the death star in star wars 1...or four...the first one...i mean the first one that came out in theaters. the one where luke lives with his adoptive uncle and they rehabilitate droids and he has that awesome landcruiser. he gets attacked by the sand people, and that was scary as hell the first time that thing jumped off the screen at me. i was eight. i saw it three times in the theater. that's the best episode as far as i'm concerned...and princess leah was so hot. and a wookie. i wanted a wookie of my own. i think there's some validity to the wookie. i read this bigfoot book that talked about aliens with fur and technical belts and stuff. i read an account out of missouri where these kids get accosted by aliens with fur and dog-like faces that had these belt/strap things across their torso areas with lights on them...kids...kids taking acid...what cha gonna do...?

score of the day!!
5dollars each at the goodwill.
i just sat 'em up there to see how cool.
now i just need to get a badass rack.
but cheap.

you know me.

the culprit?

what about those little roller bearings? i stuck my finger in there and rolled them around. then i thought for a sec i'd gotten my finger stuck in there, but it was okay. but the bearings were stiff and i wonder how they're supposed to be...but i think the little gasket that meets up there by those bearings is where the culprit lies. the mainseal there looks fine to me.    i think that little gasket there with the bearings is made of felt. that's kindof cool.

eew yuk

personification

may i introduce to you  the mainseal, the clutch, and the flywheel families.

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in this photograph mr. mainseal stands prominent in the back, mr. flywheel is at center, while mr. clutch and company seem aloof, off to the right side. for the most part however, the three families even having their myriad differences seem to enjoy one another's company, sharing a unique almost symbiotic relationship.

so this is the back of the flywheel...can ya see that kinda thrashed ring i'm holding?...and that's part of it lying there...i'm guessing this is the source of all the trouble. i don't know what it's called yet...but i'm thinking and hoping it's cheap...but then there's the whole "new clutch kit" idea...

what do ya reckon you call this here little booger? and do ya think the local true value has one just like it?...mighty tempting to go that route...but this aint a harley. fahrfignugen no it aint...it's a volkswagon. think like a german...not some dumb american hillbilly.

1982-1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Clutch Kit - Auto Com - Organic disc

Part Number: ACR3E52005

Manufacturer number: 3E52005

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List Price: $207.90
Our Price: $176.19
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AUTOCOM OEM REPLACEMENT CLUTCH KIT -- Manufactured By Original OEM Suppliers To Meet Or Exceed Original Specs Giving You Reliable Parts With A Direct Fit For Easy Installation, This New Clutch Set Provides The Complete Clutch As Manufactured, Including Pressure Plate, Clutch Disc, Alignment Tool And, Where Applicable, Pilot And Release Bearings

Fit Note:	From 4/83
Material:	Organic disc

Fits the following 1982-1991 Volkswagen Vanagon submodels:

• 1990-1991: Base; 4 Cyl 2.1L;
• 1983-1985: L; 4 Cyl 1.9L;

• 1982-1983: L; 4 Cyl 2.0L;

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they say that "while yer in there, might as well give it a new clutch too."   but really?   do i really need to?   dang. that's a chunk o' change!  wonder if the local napa has one just as expensive/cheap?...   do i really need to do the clutch too?...

after mashing my hand trying to hold the big round thingymabobber with teeth (research tells me it's called a "flywheel") in place, i came up with that rig on the right. it was part of a former home made bike rack and was part of a river kayak foot brace before that. now it was this ingenious and brilliant way to hold the flywheel (mean spinny thing with the badass hex bolts)...which i'm proud to say i was able to wrench offa there with a peice of pipe i found to use as a cheater bar. the hex key is actually a 10mm...unbelievable! it was a loaner from captain ian and his garage and collection of tools is organised like mine (no offense captain) and so it was serindipity and kizmut and cool that of all the random crap he has too, he happened to have just what i needed. it's a wonderful mysterious life we all lead. such a blessing. not always appreciated.

anyway. you can see the blood trickle from her heart. it's okay old girl. i'm here to help you.

you wouldn't believe how i (we) got this engine onto that rolling thingy...

first off, i gotta tell you, i dug that thing out of a dumpster. i've used it alot.

i used a pile of giveaway cinder blocks and a post i found on the beach to make a fullcrum press(wtf!? is that?) and captain ian and i leaned on it with heavy thoughts while my better half gently eased the rolling thingy under and viola! it's as if i had an actual shop with awesome tools and lifts and stuff...hahahaha...i dont!...

that's it?!

all that trouble for what? i can't see anything wrong...

it took me about twelve hours. but i got the engine out.  i won't go into the details as to HOW i got the engine out, but trust me. it's impressive.

so now what?

metric

now it's official. i've gone back to the dark side... but there was no other way.

strange wires that seem to connect to nothing...some people are like these wires. they seem to connect to nothing. they float about a community of otherwise functioning and contributing mechanisms. some leach from the system. some are vital by simply being there. but it is most often not appreciated as such. most often the system regards the floating noncontributing mechanisms as useless and ultimately, the system does an efficiency analysis and deceides to simply eliminate the mechanism. i might decide to do the same. once i figure out why these wires are there.