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Well said! Keith > > I can understand the tranny mount for the Squareback and the UPPER engine > mount, however, it looks like it was all designed for an improperly installed > tranny. So much work! Come on, removing the black fan housing first just so > you have enough space to move the engine back so you can remove/install it? > Pah-leeze! It was rigged together. I see the logic but the execution is > grotesque! Now, the engine lid was over-sized. This is nice because it made > it much easier to get to the carbs and spark plugs...and idea brewing in my > mind for several years (just don't have the guts to cut into my cargo deck). > Nice big lid. But the rigging that went into it is nasty. Lots of RTV used > for sealing and mongo long lag bolts to hold the framing/piano hinge > down...yeah, the engine lid stays with the car, can't remove it :-( I think > it could've been done better -- functionally and cosmetically -- had the > proper time and supplies been used to think things out. > > Maybe I'm the only one who thinks things out down into the cracks of the > details and am thus just overly-critical, expecting too much out of others. I > dunno. I look at the time I spent figuring out my gearing, the oil > pre-cooler, the alternator, etc., and I am confident that I do a very good job > so nobody will say, "What in the Hell was he thinkin'?!". Mostly because I > don't want to end up saying that to myself -- which I *have* done :-). I am > my toughest critic and not easy to please. In the Navy "attention to detail" > was grilled into us and it has stuck with me. I see it lacking in so many > things, too. The difference in a quality product/job and that of an 'eh' or > okay product/job is in the details. > > Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing > http://www.icbm.org/ > Portland, Oregon > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Part of the human psychology of this that is always interesting is that I > think > > it is almost certain that the PO was extremely proud of everything you > > mentioned here. Pretty sad stuff. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >