[Vwdiesel] stuck stick in cylinder

[peter blake]

I just looked on Harbor Freight, they have a wireless inspection
camera, aka borescope, on sale for $89.99.  There was a two minute
demo of the device that had me convinced it could do the job.
Peter

--- On Mon, 12/12/11, Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] stuck stick in cylinder
> To: "jonathan hoehl" <jjhoehl at hotmail.com>, "mailing list" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Monday, December 12, 2011, 11:02 AM
> you must be a youngster Jon, most of
> us on this list are much to old to work in those
> conditions.   the north side of my house is an ice box as
> well.  ha ha.
>  
> Thanks again to the list, my alternator pulley nut came off
> with some persuasion using the 1/2 impact gun and 22mm
> impact socket and my boot holding it still.
> swapped pulley halves over to the rebuilt Bosch unit after
> rust removal, rust killer and paint.
>  
> Found rubber down pipe from head to water pump with T to
> feed the oil cooler was leaking pretty good so had to dump
> the coolant in the motor and replace that with a spare I had
> from an old scrap car I raided.  So, if I had to do that
> outside on a block of ice, it would NOT have been
> happening.
>  
> lots of other fixing and rust stopping, new timing belt,
> set pump to 1.00mm advance and she fired up with 3 cranking
> attempts.
> the 92 1.6TD Jetta is back on the road again for another
> winter driver.
>  
>  
> 
> Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
> 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
> 70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)
> 
> From: jonathan hoehl <jjhoehl at hotmail.com>
> To: mailing list <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> 
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] stuck stick in cylinder
> 
> 
> Oh yes!  Everyone will know when this problem is solved. 
> I will do a dance of joy if the head doesn't have to come
> off!  This car is in my friend's driveway which is on the
> north side of the house.  It's parked on a sheet of ice
> that doesn't look like it will melt for a while.  Also,
> we'll have to move the bio diesel reactor out of the garage
> - to use the garage - if we get the motivation to get to it
> this winter.  He's got another tdi where the alt pulley
> just seized so we've been dealing with that.  Plus, another
> friend's rear brakes just seized-up after taking it to a
> shop, so this 'stick' project keeps getting pushed off.  I
> do want to thank everyone for the thoughts! I don't usually
> contribute, but I enjoy reading about the adventures of the
> group!  The people here are so knowledgeable questions are
> usually answered before I have a chance to chime in. Jon
>                         
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