Re: battery and final drive seals

[Mike Zamikhovsky <MikeZ755@sprintmail.com>]

Denise Riley wrote:
> 
> Rolfdieter ( '86 4kcsq) is getting a few new parts this weekend.  His 5
> year Sears Die Easy battery is at 5 years, 12 days and failing fast. We
> want to replace it with an Optima.  Measurements of the tall Optimas in
> a VW Corrado and VW rabbit pickup show that the battery should *just*
> clear.  The battery salesman said it might be too tall.  Has anyone
> successfully installed an Optima in the stock holder of a 4kcsq?
> 
> Rolfdieter is also eating rubber seals and hoses like mad.  Most have
> failed within the last 3 months.  The latest failures are slow leaks in
> two of the final diff seals. Murphey's law says the third should go
> soon.  Mr. Bentley says that about 10 special VW tools are required to
> change the three seals. I have one, tool 2062 for pressing in the right
> seal.  Should we buy the others?  They appear in the pictures to be
> shims and pressing tools.  Can one successfully change out all three
> seals without these tools?  Dave has replaced final drive and front
> differential seals on VW's and WMB's, but not a final diff on a quattro.
>   Any BTDT's?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Denise Riley
> driley@tqs.com


My favorite is to put Optima in the trunk usind battery relocation kit 
from Summit Racing. I once saw Optima mounted up side down. It is a great 
battery. I saw Optima under the hood of Tom Chelsa's early 4kq. I don't 
know if modifications are needed.

Mike Z