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

[Ed Walsh]

Yes, Igor is the man!  All of this information is
wonderful.

I feel that I could do the job under the right
circumstances, however, time is the limiting factor
and I just don't have the experience to calculate the
amount required for *me* to do the job.

I have another appt. with the dealer on the 26th....
Hopefully they diagnose the turbo or something else.
But I think it will be the HG.  I was looking through
some records and noticed the car was in for repair
about 7,000 miles ago.  The trouble?  The car
overheated due to a bad thermostat...  :-(


--- jeff posto <jpostup at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Ed,
> Igor provided an amazing guide for you. It is
> certainly tempting.
> However, if you've never done this before, why
would
> you want your first to be your S Car.?  I can't
> determine if you've been in this deep, so pardon
me
> if you have a lot of experience.
> Igor is right about taking time and details.
That''s
> the reason I do my own maintenance.  What you are
> about to embark on is rather significant. Just be
> sure you can execute it including all the
> experienced based details Igor may not have
written
> down.
> Just trying to keep you out of the swamp.
> JP
>  Igor Kessel wrote: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
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