[Vwdiesel] new SS dual exhaust for my Jetta TD = bigsmileage improvement!

[Chuck Carnohan]

I'd have to agree with Shawn.  My recommendation is to support the
engine with a jack and take off all the mounts with the exception of the
front (passenger side) mount.  Lower the whole sheebang a few inches so
that you can slip the tranny off without bumping into everything
chassis.

Changing the rear main seal will be challenging with the engine in the
car. Get a length of heavy wire and tie the clutch to the bell housing.
At least that's the easiest way I have found with an engine on the
floor.  Those six bolts are nearly as hard to extract as the crank pully
bolt.

Chuck Carnohan


-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
On Behalf Of Shawn Wright
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:04 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] new SS dual exhaust for my Jetta TD =
bigsmileage improvement!

On 6 Jul 2005 at 21:32, Libbybapa at wmconnect.com
<Libbybapa at wmconnect.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 7/6/05 4:50:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
> stephensrw at stn.net writes:
> 
> 
> > Unfortunately my clutch is slipping badly now and loses grip easily
unless I
> > am easy on the loud pedal.  I'll have to deal with that very soon.
What a
> > PITA job that I'm not looking forward to. :(  What is the easiest
way to do
> > this?
> > 
> 
> Clutch is easy in a jetta.  Remove axles, remove linkages, support
engine,
> remove tranny mounting bolts.  Remove the two top bolts last while you
are
> holding the tranny with your other hand, then lift the tranny out with
one hand.
>  No really, no jack required.  Replace the clutch.  While you're in
there,
> replace the rear seal.  If you don't, it will start leaking next week.
With the
> tranny out, replace the input shaft seal, the drive flange seals
(optional, but
> easier now than later), and don't forget the little teeny tiny clutch
pushrod
> seal inside the input shaft.  Good luck.

Andrew,

You must be a lot stronger than I am! :-) One hand?
I must be doing something wrong... I don't recall it being that easy -
mine always 
seems to hang up on the frame members if I don't lower the engine
enough. I'll have 
to ask what the trick is when the time comes again for me! :-)Shawn
Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy


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