[Vwdiesel] adventures in engine pulling

[Terry Briggs]

his boy admitted to doing it some time ago .... by accident he says, 
but knowing him he was miffed he couldn't drive it, even though both 
rockers are rotted beyond repair, shock tower on the left side is 
rotted etc. I'm not too worried about it, originally all I wanted was 
the head and various parts I could use on the golf. So if nothing else 
I have internal engine parts and a good head and ip, well worth it it. 
So ,,,, I ordered a head gasket, I'm gonna leave the intake and exhaust 
on it when I pull it and just use those. I am also switching my 
cannister fuel filter with the spin on that that jetta had, cheaper 
filters to replace, at least around here.

Any tips or trick at getting the exhaust clamps off the down pipe, the 
donor was easy, it was rusted off, but the golf .... is very solid.
On Nov 19, 2007, at 11:11 PM, James Hansen wrote:

> He shot your car?
>
> Good grief...
>
> Tell him you need another block, and he better get looking.
>
> The words are, "be sure of your shot and beyond".
> That's basic gun safety 101.
> If you have a .303british I have some old steel jacket armor piercing 
> ammo that will go through a V-8 block like a hot knife in butter.  if 
> you need a round of that for his truck engine, I can send you one.
> It would prove entertaining.
> :-D
> -james
>
> Terry Briggs wrote:
>> got a phone call from my buddy a few minutes ago, he had an 
>> explanation for the crack. He looked at the engine today with the 
>> flood light, then went out and looked at the engine compartment, he 
>> says from the looks of it, it isn't a freeze related crack, but an 
>> impact related crack attributed to blunt force trauma induced by 
>> remington, there was a small hole in the fender on the passenger side 
>> and a little bigger hole in the inner fender right at the body/fender 
>> junction, didn't notice the exterior damage due to the rust. So .... 
>> the head is most likely fine, I did drain coolant from the block 
>> prior to pulling it and got a lot from the head. So things are 
>> looking up, still not good, I have neither time nor money to deal 
>> with fixing the block, though I would like to kick his boys butt. in 
>> the mean time, I'll keep my eyes open for a good block in the 
>> boneyard.
>> On Nov 19, 2007, at 9:57 PM, James Hansen wrote:
>>>>> Unless any of you think that there is a chance the block could be
>>>>> welded, but I doubt it really could, cast is a pain to weld to 
>>>>> begin
>>>>> with, add in an oil and coolant saturated and it gets even worse. 
>>>>> in
>>>>> the mean time, anyone know a good shop that can check my current 
>>>>> head
>>>>> to see if it's salvageable.
>>>
>>> Welllll, it can be welded if it is just a frost break that is ONLY
>>> involving the external water jacket.  It does get kinda involved, but
>>> can certainly be done if absolutely necessary.  However, there are 
>>> still
>>> lots of good blocks out there, so it hardly pays for the effort.  
>>> With
>>> proper prep, welding around the oil and coolant are not an issue.    
>>> It
>>> really depends if it is only an external crack, or goes inside.   If
>>> it's inside, the efforts get pretty heroic to salvage, and involve
>>> machining to finish up, which gets costly.  Easier to get Loren to 
>>> chop
>>> one out of a billet with that fancy mill.
>>> ;-)
>>> -James
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