[Vwdiesel] Help - Need Timing Belt Cover

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Fellow Vdubers,
    I decided I'd better give my 1985 Jetta 1.6TD some  much needed repairs.  
It amazes me how little attention this vehicle  has demanded over the years. 
Anyway, I have a long list of things I  have begun to repair as follows:
 
1. Odometer hasn't worked for years - be fixing it soon.
2. New rear brake shoes - installed them.
3. New rear wheel bearings and seals - installed them with the new  brake 
shoes.
4. New rear brake proportioning valve.  The original one leaked pretty  badly 
requiring brake fluid addition regularly - installed the new  proportioning 
valve and bled the brakes
5. New rear shocks.  The original ones are completely shot - the  rear of the 
car bounces up and down like a bobble head - new rear shocks arrived  
yesterday and I'll be installing them soon.
6. New water pump.  The water pump leaks just enough that you have to  top 
off the coolant every two weeks - had a new pump on the shelf - I'll be  
installing it shortly.
7. The engine has gotten harder to start - took the old glow  plugs out 
inspected and tested them - sure enough one was bad - have new ones on  the shelf - 
they are ready for installation.
8. I removed the injection lines, pump and injectors and am in the  process 
of testing the injectors.  I have new tips ready to rebuild the  injectors as 
needed.
9. The engine developed a exhaust leak a few months ago.  Everything  under 
the hood has a layer of soot from the exhaust leak.  The turbo shaft  was hard 
to turn - like maybe the center bearing is coked up or the turbine  housing is 
sooted.  It is very difficult to tell where it is coming  from.  But, I'll 
get to the bottom of it soon.
10. Now that I have the timing belt off I can see there is a very heavy  
layer of soot all over the front of the engine and I can see where the front  
crankshaft seal has been leaking oil.  The other seals (cam and  intermediate 
shaft) may also be leaking.  I'll know more once I get the  mess cleaned up.  I've 
got the new seals just in case.
 
Which brings me to the reason for this post:  My timing belt  cover is shot - 
it appears to have been damaged in a previous mishap - probably  the previous 
owner had a belt break - anyway, both the upper half and the  lower half are 
hanging together by thin hairs of plastic.  Funny, I  didn't notice it until 
now.  The timing belt appears to be in good  shape.  But, I'll be replacing it 
along with the tensioner just for good  measure.  Anyone on this list have a 
spare timing belt cover I  can buy reasonably? 
 
Thanks - and best regards to all,
Ray Folda
1vduber 
Medford, Oregon



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