[Vwdiesel] need TBC hardware...any ideas?

[mark shepherd]

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Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Downes" <bobdownes at gmail.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 10:26 AM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] need TBC hardware...any ideas?


>
> Hello, list! first time poster here. I've had this little problem for some
> time, hoping you volks can help me out:
>
> the vehicle: '83 vanagonL, '83 1.6TD from a quantum (CY engine)
>
> the problem: i'm missing almost all the little spacers to mount the timing
> belt cover. the rubber grommets are readily available, but i've inquired 
> far
> and wide about the metal bits to no avail.
>
> the story:
> the dude (supposedly he was a mechanic) who put the engine in left a 
> legacy
> of stupid little ...i'll call them learning opportunities. the 
> well-meaning
> friends of mine who got it from him tackled some projects, decided they
> could not put the love into the van that it required,and passed it on to 
> me.
> they are not sure whether the hardware was there before they had the 
> timing
> done or not, but they exposed the belt themselves before it went to the
> mechanic and no one made it clear to them that leaving the cover off of
> these is not the best idea. by the time i got the van, that hardware was
> looong gone.
>
> SO
>
> i would love to hear that someone here has a spare set on a parts motor 
> that
> they'd like to sell me, i would even be thrilled to have a picture of the
> pieces and a description of where they go and how the cover is properly
> mounted so i can make m'self a set. i tried stacking washers once, but i
> couldnt get a satisfying result.
> my slow crawl up the list has brought me to the valve cover gasket/check 
> cam
> timing/replace timing belt/rebuilt injectors/fix internal IP pressure/etc.
> phase, so i'd really like to protect my nice new belt.
>
> any advice/help is MUCH appreciated! thanks for being here, guys! 
> community
> is essential!
>
> -bob
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