Re: [T3] somedays you just scratch your head

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

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.
>
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