[Vwdiesel] Update on Grinding in front of Jetta

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

  Where?  There aren't any frost plugs on that side of the engine that I can recall.
    Loren



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From: Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com>
To: lbaird119 <lbaird119 at aol.com>
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Sent: Wed, Nov 27, 2013 3:13 pm
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Update on Grinding in front of Jetta


I've also seen them installed on the 'upward' side of the engine - right near that back of the injection pump. That might be easier to do - you'd probably have to pull the fuel lines, but you wouldn't be crawling around under the car doing it.




On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:13 PM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:


I did several of those at the dealer and a few since.  Seems like the front plug is easier to get to, or else they say to do the front and I always did the center, hmmm...
  Anyway, use an air chissel and pop a light slot into the center of the freeze plug.  Then a hammer and screwdriver, then hammer and angle-ended pry bar.  Once the bar fits in the slot, pry against the edge of the hole and pop it out.  Sometimes goes just that easy, sometimes not but using a hammer and chissel tokk the whole two hours alloted.  Using the air chissel usually took about 45 minutes from in the door until out the door!  :-)
  Shop didn't like us using that since we could "knock a hole in the block.'  Well, they're pretty resiliant cast iron plus I've yet to hit the block or a cylinder.  Just use short bursts once you start to break through.
  No jacking, little hammering, just coolant dripping down your arm.
    Loren




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From: dieseltdi <dieseltdi at verizon.net>
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Sent: Wed, Nov 27, 2013 2:06 pm
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Update on Grinding in front of Jetta


Well I pulled the front spindles off of the Jetta today in preparation of giving

hem to my son so he can take them to his work shop and press the old bearings

ut and put the new bearings in.  My guess that it was the driver front was spot

n.  The spindle has about ¼” of front to back wobble and almost as much side to

ide.  The spindle is so loose in the bearing that I can almost pull it out by

and but I could definitely do it with a few taps of a hammer and an

ppropriately sized drift.  I will be gone through Sunday afternoon and I am

oping to get everything back together to drive the car on Monday.  BTW I have

ust been given a KATS block heater, the one that mounts in place of the center

reeze plug and I was wondering how hard this would be to install with the

ngine in the car.  Obviously I would have to jack the car up pretty high and do

his from below but any other pointers?  Hayden
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