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This is why so many of these motors die early deaths! There are so many
moron's out there and the seem to keep finding VW's!
There IS a way to get at each exaust nut with everything in the car...
its been a few years so it isnt still in my head but as I recall I needed to
use a socket and extension on ONE of the nuts on each side (in fact there is
a stamping in the upper heat exchanger shield to allow a socket extension to
reach the nut) the Other 2 nuts I got with a box/open end wrench... I
*think* its the upper nuts that get the socket and extension.
Keith
> First, the "engine builder" is a &%*&#$@ing moron! The cooling flaps
> were locked open by pushing the horizontal actuating rod into the
> cylinder fins. So I had to install a thermostat and housing, vertical
> actuating rod, pivot assembly, and spring.
>
> There's no cooling tin from the fan housing to the cylinder head on the
> right side and I can't put my replacement in there until I remove the
> fan housing. The LEFT side of the engine does have the cooling tin,
> however, it is the RIGHT side piece! Yeah, I'm serious. I unscrewed it
> from the upper tin and it dropped right to the ground.
>
> How in the mother-#*$&^*&^ing way am I supposed to remove this bastard
> nut?!? Engine is still in the car and, from my perspective, doesn't
> need to be dropped. I can't remove the engine hanger unless I remove
> the fan housings and I can't remove those until I remove the
> exhaust...which leads us back to DOH!
>
> HELP!
>
> --
> Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
> '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top
> '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof, gas heater
> '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo II; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing
> http://www.icbm.org/
> Portland, Oregon
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