[Vwdiesel] '85 Jetta Water pump, etc.

[Shalyn Shourds]

I finally got the water pump out tonight.  I don't know what it is about 
this car--I think I did this job years ago on my old Rabbit, but this 
was brutal.  Managed to bend up a 1/4" drive extension getting the 
hidden bolts out of the a/c bracket.  I guess I'll torque them until 
it's straight again.....  Never did get a wrench to fit in there.

I'm doing the timing belt at the same time, seeing's it's under a lot of 
the same parts and by comparison is a walk in the park.  There was a 
discussion about timing belt tensioners a while ago.  Just for a data 
point, my tensioner bearing was definitely blown.  That's with about 
140,000 miles on that engine.  I'm not going to say that my Dad, who is 
a cheapskate, replaced it at any other point in its 318,000 miles 
either.  The new bearing was stiff, but at least it wasn't crunchy and 
wobbly.  I feel it was well worth the price.  It's also a pleasure to do 
the timing belt on this car after doing the same job on my TDI.  Yowsa.


-Shalyn