[s-cars] Is taking the head off difficult?

[Igor Kessel]

Jeez, folks, I normally don't write in such a terrible
high-school-dropout babble. :( As was typing this post this AM my wife
was pulling me literally by my sleeve coz we had an appointment in
midtown Manhattan at 13:00.

Ed, if (cost of tools + cost of parts) = the dealer's quote, then it's a
no brainer IMO. You do the job yourself, you do it meticulously right,
down to every ridiculously little detail, and you get to keep a set of
tools in the process.

Igor

"Walsh, Edward" wrote:
>
> Zoinks!
>
> Sounds like I'll need roughly $350 worth of one-time-use (hopefully!) tools.
> Add that to the cost of bolts, gaskets and parts and the dealer's quote of
> $1,300 doesn't sound so bad.....
>
> It does sound like a doable project, however.  Would the dealership discount
> the labor cost of the T belt, S belt, water pump etc, "because they are
> already in there"?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Kessel [mailto:igor at s-cars.org]
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:38 PM
> To: Walsh, Edward
> Cc: 's-car-list at audifans.com'; 'rundeep_32 at yahoo.com'
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Is taking the head off difficult?
>
> "Walsh, Edward" wrote:
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > If my HG is blown and I decide to take the head off myself, would I be
> > setting up for a 12 Corona disaster?  I have swapped out springs, changed
> > the VC gasket and stuff like that, but never performed open heart surgery.
> >
> > Other than a Bentley, do I need any special tools to remove the head?
>
> Ed,
> I heven't done an AAn head thus far (knocking on my head eeer... I meant
> wood), but I've doen plenty much 10v, 8v heads and even a Benz head here
> and a Mitsu head there. In fact I am doing the 1.8T head off my wife's
> A4 this very moment.
>
> In a nut shell yes, it is doable, it's just not your average elementary