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Some cars just need some time with the new owner before you can get everything back in its place. I guess this one needs a bit MORE time. If things look hopeless... remember us here in the Salt belt, if the body is good ANYTHING else is secondary! Keith > We transferred a GEX +1900cc motor from Brian's Squareback (the focus of the > PO in this diatribe) to his Notchback (which gave us no problems in this > story). No rear engine mount in the Squareback so the PO put in an aluminum, > box tubing bar across the back of the engine bay using long aluminum machine > screws to hold it to the body. The engine-to-body mounts were present and in > very good condition. The engine DID have threaded bosses for a rear engine > mount. In short, a stock engine mount could have been used, easily, if it > weren't for... > > The transmission is a Type 1. There are no tranny horns so some 1"x" box > tubing was welded together to form two small...ahem...'frame horns' spaced > about 6" on-center. They were welded to a plate that was bolted to the nose > mounts and ran from the nose cone to the tranny bell housing where the 'frame > horns' were then bolted to the tranny bell housing and supported by some > various sized pieces of metal up to the upper rear shock mounts. As mounted, > the tranny was push to the rear of the car about 2" to 3" or so. > > The reason we put in the alternator was because the car was sucking the life > out of the voltage regulators...notice the letter "s" at the end of that word. > Installing the alternator allowed us to bypass the...ahem...AH-HEM!...wiring > "harness" (for lack of a better word) the PO had randomly thrown in for the, > uh, charging system...I think I was able to figure that wiring mess out as to > its function...anyway... > > I also had to rewire the after-market radio/cassette/CD player because you had > to manipulate two or three switches, in a certain order, in order for the unit > to play. We still weren't able to figure out where the generator idiot light > was -- if it existed -- in the mess of wiring that was behind the fiberglass > dash console that was meant for a Type 1. > > I'll let Brian deal with the after-market, leaking sunroof. And the trailer > hitch that is perfectly good except where the PO cut the receiver off, thus > turning it into a beefy inner bumper. > > Uh, did I make that clearer for those who thought Brian was just being picky? > > Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing > http://www.icbm.org/ > Portland, Oregon > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Previous Owners SUCK!!!!! sorry, but we are finding more and more > > shadetree mechanic issues with my squareback. this really SUCKS! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >