[Vwdiesel] still with the clutch

[Shalyn Shourds]

That turned out to be 
the key.  I broke down and called up Dad who drove down and helped out.  Still pretty hard, but having someone watching while the other was 
moving jacks did the trick, eventually. 

I try to be really self-sufficient and not make the retired guy crawl under a car, but the man's good. 
He did suggest that I really should get married so I'd have someone available to help with things like that.  Thanks, Dad....
I've not yet driven down the road, but everything engaged in the driveway, so hopefully I'm good for another 350k. 
Thanks for the advice and support, all. 

-Shalyn


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 From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
To: VW Diesel Mail List <vwdiesel at www.audifans.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] still with the clutch
 


Finally, at this stage, a helper can be indispensable to help spot obstacles that may be causing the trans to not turn into place, or to help get it to go that last little bit.

Otherwise, it is one of those jobs that can slip together fairly easily if you are lucky, and if you get it cantilevered wrong, can just be a royal pain!

Good luck!

 
Dave Cook


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From: Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net>
To: vw fans <vwdiesel at vwfans.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 12:01 AM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] still with the clutch


I worked on the car for hours tonight.  I got the transmission more-or-less in place, but it's not close enough to slip over the flywheel or bolt up.  It's also tilted about 30 degrees and I can't get it to turn.  I have the whole works shifted as much to the front as I can get it trying to clear the subframe, but it's still not working.  Anyone know the magic geometry?  As it is, I'm going to have to burn a vacation day tomorrow to work on it.  Already had to rent a car two days :(  Driving a subcompact Nissan for two days will incentivise anyone to fix their VW.  

I'm going to call in my big floor jack, which I loaned out months (years?) ago.  Hopefully that'll help a little.  Outside of that.......


-Shalyn
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