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Hello Ok, finally got around to dropping the engine on my fastback. One question: The lower front mounts for the trans/engine - what MM are those bolts. I spent the day lazily disconnecting the motor from the body, and these 2 bolts have ended up giving me a bit of a headache. Are they 30mm bolts? Do I need a wrench - theres not enough room for a ratchet... Lee '68 Fastback Seattle --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 11 Apr 2006 at 22:44, LeeAC wrote: > > > I will be DIY'ing this one. I'm fortunate that I > have another car I can use > > for commuting. > > As long as you have some basic skills and the desire > to do a good job, this is > your best choice for a quality job at reasonable > cost. > > > Driving home the clutch really let me know it was > > unhappy. 4th gear, 40-50mph for 10 minutes, then > > downshift to find the clutch has all but > disappeared. > > > To your point about the clutch noise. I've had the > car > > 4 months or so and I knew that it was on the way > out > > from day 1. But, brake work, fuel work etc took > > precedence. > > That's very reasonable. I think we all understand > the problems that come with > buying a new/old car like this. You're the first > person who's owned it in years > who noticed or cared that it needed attention, so > the failures have really > piled up. Thanks for taking care of them. ;-) > > > As for cost and advice, I see that JC Whitney are > > asking 90 bucks for the clutch kit - do you have a > > link to an article somewhere that may be able to > give > > me pointers on things to bear in mind when pulling > the > > clutch? > > First you should have a Bentley manual. I have some > used ones here if you need > one. Don't even think about doing this blind. I > don't know of any particular > article on this, but it's really not hard. There are > just 2 things that can be > touchy: getting the engine out and in (and getting > ALL the hoses, wires, and > cables disconnected and reconnected properly) and > making sure the clutch disk > is centered with a pilot as you torque down the > pressure plate. > > Since it doesn't sound like you're in a rush, I > wouldn't buy anything at this > time. Open it up first and see what you find, then > order the appropriate parts. > I have everything here that you might need, except > for new cross shafts (but I > might have good used ones.) New cross shafts should > be available from any > number of on-line sources (check aircooled.net > first.) > > You should be able to get by with less than $90 in > repair parts, maybe MUCH > less. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com