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> > - I will remove the muffler. The advantages of it not being there far > > outweigh the half hour it will take me to get it off. I am not being paid a > > flat rate fee for doing this after all. > > Sounds reasonable to me. We'd probably both do it differently if the muffler > was old and everything rusted together. It's off, as is the pulley housing. It didn't rain this afternoon so I took advantage of the dry floor. There was a washer and some kind of small fastener in the bottom of the housing. If this is the reason for the noise then I have done a lot of unnecessary work, but I doubt it. One thing I noticed is that one of the heat exchangers is able to swivel on its thread. I am pretty sure I tightened it up properly when I installed the muffler (I had a special wrench made) and so hopefully I just knocked it loose as I wrestled the muffler out of the car. > > > - Then I should be able to remove the pulley housing (question: is this > > right?) > > Right. Done. As I have it off I want to clean it up and make the timing hole round again. Anyone have any tips as to how to do this? > > > - After the pulley housing is off I should be able to get my electric impact > > wrench onto the pulley bolt. ... > You'll still need to lock up the engine when you torque that bolt back in. It > needs 92 ft-lbs. ... This will have to wait till tomorrow. I know I will have to lock the engine to tighten the bolt, but the less times the better. [snip] > > Does this sound reasonable? > > Yep! Game on! Daniel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~