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Ok, so far so good! My second question: what are the odds I will find the bolt in the bottom of the housing. Or more likely down the street? Or am I more likely to find that it has been broken off and needs to be drilled out? Thanks again Jeff > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 18:02, Jeff Palmer wrote: > > Finally figured out what that rattling noise was. The crankshaft pulley > > seems to have come loose. I didn't hear the bolt rattling around before > > this happened. How big a job is this to fix? > > > > Bentley tells me that the engine must be taken out to remove the air intake > > housing. Is this true just to fix the pulley? I see also that a new paper > > gasket is required. Any other tips? > > > You can do it in the car. T-3 is a different torque than T-1. T-3 is > something like 90 ft-lbs. Since I see you have an automatic, it will be > a 2 person job to tighten it. One person underneath to lock the torque > converter while the other person tightens the bolt. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org