Vanagon Conetastrophy

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:40 am

Hit a construction cone at 55 on Route 2 heading to Kelley's.

21window · Post by **21window** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:38 pm

That's odd.

Oh and did Shawn let u borrow his camera?

chuckspence · Post by **chuckspence** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:59 pm

Yup, Never seen anything quite like this that Sean hadn't worked on...

TRL · Post by **TRL** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:06 pm

In case the pictures dont help you, the flywheel has sheared completely off of the Levine's 1.9l vanagon motor. No evident external damage.

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:27 am

I expected the Sean comment as soon as I saw the 1st, 3rd and 4th photos.

lurch · Post by **lurch** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:03 am

Cheap fix just need some new hardware

chuckspence · Post by **chuckspence** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:41 pm

Yes hardware, and a flywheel & crankshaft.

ohiowesty · Post by **ohiowesty** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:07 pm

wow, that was an advanced construction cone....how does the flywheel shear off with no external damage?

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:07 pm

Knocked out of gear at 55. Put back into gear without any decel or engine racing. So back into 4th?
More disassembly needed to see what else failed.

Six Volt · Post by **Six Volt** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:08 pm

Hey Stan. My camera is missing!

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