[Vwdiesel] a v-dub kind of day!

[Nate Wall]

For 3, pull the outter window weather strip (horizontal piece) and see if you
can snag the latch rod with a hooked coathanger wire. (Good trick when the keys
are locked in the car too)

--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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