[Vwdiesel] timing belts

[Sandy Cameron]

At 12:29 AM 13/10/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm getting ready to swap out the engine in my '86 golf na with a 1.6na 
>out of an '84 jetta. All the jetta engine needs is a new timing belt 
>and tensioner pulley. they aren't bad, it just sat for several years 
>and was never started, so my plan is to yank the engine, change the 
>belt and tensioner out while the engine is out of the car. I see the 
>timing belts are listed as '85 to something like '94 and the others 
>listed as '83 and '84, is there a real difference between them, there 
>isn't a cost difference or anything listed.
>
>Also any tips on the best way to pull the engine out would be 
>appreciated. I've changed a lot of engines in the past, but haven't 
>ever done a front wheel drive car before.
>

The engine mounts are different on the 84 (A1) engine from the 86 (A2)
engine, otherwise they are a bolt in replacement.

Here's a note I sent to someone else about an A1 transplant to an A2 car I
did a while ago.

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Goldie, my 87 td (A2) has an 82 1.6TD (A1)  engine in  it, and for that, I
had to saw the front (pulley end) engine mount off it., not rocket science.
Otherwise it fit just fine. Had to scrap the A1 Tranny, reuse the A2 tranny.

Save the engine mounts from the A2  engine (brackets, etc, and maybe the
shifter links)
In a word, don't throw away ANY of the A2 parts umtill the job is complete.
That was a diesel to diesel exchange in goldie.

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The engine/tranny assembly will come out of both cars thru the top, although
when they are assembled at the factory, they go in through the bottom as a
common assembly with the subframe and suspension components.

I have found that if I tip up the front end of the engine so the crank
pulley clears the frame rail, then let it move across a bit, the tail of the
tranny will clear the other frame rail, and out she comes.

You will have to saw off the A1 engine mount at the pulley end of the
engine, and bolt the A2 engine mount to the back of the block, and save the
starter bracket / engine mount from the old engine, for the replacement.

If the tranny in your A2 is ok, you may want to re-use it instead of the A1
tranny. I did.
If you are a real Massochist, you might even leave the tranny in the A2, and
try to mate the engine with it in the car. (Like porcupines making love!)

I ALWAYS hoist engine and tranny together, so much easier.

The right bracketry will be there and it will bolt up ok to your replacement
engine
I forget what the tranny mount is like on the A1, the tranny was trashed, so
went straight in 
to the scrap heap.

I've never owned any A1s

Sandy