[Vwdiesel] FW: head gasket replacement

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/15/2006 9:32:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mikitka at earthlink.net writes:

> Help me to understand why the cam has to come out?  I don't see where the
> cam will be in the way of the studs. You have to pull the head up off the
> studs and the cam sits on top of the head so how is it in the way?  I'm
> confused on this.  Now the tensioner pulley stud yes that has an issue with
> the metal shroud on that end of the engine and I found it comes out easy, at
> least mine did.
> Nick
> 


  On an A1 it doesn't.  A2's put a plate, shield, whatever, behind 
the cam, with a hole in it that the cam pokes through.  It's bolted 
to the block so pulling the head makes the cam in the way so to 
speak.  You can pull a couple small bolts and pry it out of the way.  
A1 doesn't have this as I recall. 
  I don't remember having the tensioner stud being in the way of 
removing the head.  <shrug>
     Loren