[Vwdiesel] Strange TDC conundrum

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/5/2004 9:48:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
scameron at compmore.net writes:

> Only possible answer, the PO's shop, doing clutch, drilled the odd hole so
> the PP could be bolted on wrong, or he assembled the FW to the PP ignoring
> the dowels, or even removing them...
> 

  Remember you said you checked an Audi flywheel.  If you're comparing 
that to a transverse flywheel, they're totally different.  The pressure plate 

is the one that bolts up and it can still only go on one way.  It's dowl 
pins that keep the two synched.  I've seen the possibility of putting the 
flywheel on the pressure plate wrong but careful installation has always 
ended up correct in spite of it being ME doing it!  ;-)  Apparently there 
are a few people out there capable of doing it wrong.  I can't imagine 
someone going to the bother to drill out a transverse flywheel bolt pattern
when all you have to do is rotate it to the correct position!
     Loren