[Vwdiesel] a v-dub kind of day!

[Nate Wall]

<<<1. on gasket adhesive: what do folks use to adhere the gasket to the mating
surfaces. specifically the oil pan gasket and valve cover gasket.>>>

1.  NOTHING, use no sealer!

2.  (This is for  an A-2) The A/C bracket is a two-pice split bracket. The first
half is removed, then the second. There are two pivot bolts (8 MM allen head
bolts (one behind the alt belt, the other on the other side of the compressor)),
a lock bolt on the lower right of the compressor, near the lower radiator hose,
I reach w/ a 13 MM combo from the top. And a locked adjuster bolt (I reach the
lock bolt w/ a 13 MM socket on a swivel joint and a LONG extension. Its on the
left of the compressor. I think that's it. For those 8 MM allens, I cut a allen
wrench about one inch long and use a 8 mm (3/8 drive) socket on it. I guess you
can use an 8 mm allen wrench socket on it.

--Nate

dennis pantazis wrote:

> greetings all:
>
> i FINALLY got the car in the garage and got to working on it. p/o or p/o's
> wrench was BAD, not that i am that good, but at least i know to use metric
> fasteners where required... alternator had a 1/4-20 TOGGLE bolt and toggle
> holding it at the front. bit and peices... it appears that the head/engine
> has defenitely been apart before, the timing belt cover was mangled, white
> and yellow paint marks 180 apart on the the cam gear.
>
> loren: thanks for the tip of baum tools. http://baumtools.com/  i ordered a
> few goodies, notably the valve bucket tool $45 and the eccentric adjuster
> wrench. when offered brand choice, i asked for the house brand and got
> stahlwilles. cool!
>
> timing belt was breeze! it was only after i got the new one on that i
> figured out why the outside corners of the old belt was rounded over: the
> pulley that drives the intermediate shaft pulley had its flanges chewed
> up/broken off. off to the parts place tommorow....is this pulley the same as
> on the gassers?
>
> pulling the rf tire was also a great help. thanks to whoever pinted that
> out.
>
> oil leaks/oil pan: po or some other meat head  did not install the two bolts
> from the oil pan to the block at trans end, the one that are hidden up
> there. oil pan had a DENT that actually creased and cracked the oil pan.
> thanks to those who tipped me of to the parts place in michigan. they sent
> me a used oil pan cheap.
>
> questions:
>
> 1. on gasket adhesive: what do folks use to adhere the gasket to the mating
> surfaces. specifically the oil pan gasket and valve cover gasket. i got
> factory gaskets. i have in the past used rtv and glued the gasket one side
> (pan or cover) it dry overnight. bentley book doesn;t say anything on this
> ???? advice please?
>
> 2. a/c compressor brackets: this one has me confused pretty good. when under
> the car and looking UP at the water pump and bottom of the a/c compressor, i
> see what looks like the yoke to the a/c condenser braket and its ears split
> around another piece off the engine (??). yoke has two holes and braket has
> one hole through it. it looks like they should be together, but the two are
> displaced i would say about 3/4-1". there holes look like they want to line
> up.
>
> looking down from at the compressor, there appears to be 2 bolts on the rear
> of the compressor, one next to the engine, and one near the alternator. the
> alternator one has a broken flange on the compressor. there appears to be
> yet another bolt at on the pulley side of the compressor inline to the one
> on the back next to the engine.
>
> should the yoke/braket on the bottom be connected?
>
> where in the fs*$%^& are the adjusters for the a/c compressor? bentley just
> says that there is a tensioning bolt, no picture ???? i found the one for
> the alternator, but where is the one for the a/c?
>
> 3. door latch. the right rear door has the handle broken off. i got a used
> handle assembly from the pick and pull. problem is i can not get the door
> open to pull the screws to change the handle. i cannot release it from the
> inside. it almost feels like its sprung somehow. any thoughts/advise?
>
> thanks again for all your help. i look forward to your replies.
>
> dennis
>
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