[s-cars] hood latch

[Theodore Chen]

--- Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:

> You could always put the coat hangar hook in the tool box, Teddy, and  
> save all that time looking.  :-)  Another Audi special tool.

that's exactly what i did.  it hangs on the pegboard now.  i half-expect
something else to go wrong, such as the remaining plastic clip breaking.
the passenger side clip already broke and has been replaced with a thick
ziptie.  if i could, i'd add a ziptie on the driver's side but there's
no obvious place to put it other than the hole already occupied by the
ziptie.

> Isn't it a great feeling to successfully complete the timing belt  
> replacement job successfully with so few problems?  The belt replacement 
> is a simple thing in itself, but there are so many details in gaining 
> access and then replacing everything--so many places to go wrong.  :-)
> Congrats!

i have to admit it feels good to get the job done, and now i know more
about my car.  now i just have to keep my fingers crossed that the
timing belt job won't suddenly go bad in the next few months.

while i was poking around under the car trying to find the hood latches,
i also noticed that the passenger side motor mount seems to be delaminating.
so you guys who said the passenger side was probably bad just like the
driver side were right.

-teddy



 
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