RE: my roc's in the shop

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

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>Last week my scirocco's belts started to squel. I thought my alternator
>belt was loose and when I opened it up, my alternator had snapped. the
>place where it pivots had snapped and it was basically hanging there.

this happened to mine 3 years ago.  i just put about 6 washers on the
bolt on the side so the alt. will sit on top of them.  that with the
bolt on the back and a firm adjusting screw and bracket and i've had NO
problems....for 3 years.  $290 alt or 23 cents worth of washers....
hmm......

> I
>took it into a local shop and they are replacing the alternator (290+ its
>the 90amp one.) I also am having them replace the passenger side motor
>mount. along with checking the cv joints (they been making noise/boot is
>ripped) Along with having the timing belt replaced. 
>
>	The mechanic is the only vw mechanic in town so i gave him till

>the middle of january to fix it. Needless to say It is hard to drive
>another car around town. I've been driving my gf's dodge dakota 4x4. man
>that thing can't drive to save its life. it's like captaining a barge....
>I miss my car so much.
>
>thanks for letting me vent...

not to add to your frustration, but ALL of this could have been done by
you.  and a month??!  i can see your frustration, that's a ludicrously
long time for that.  if you work leisurely, a timing belt will take 2
hours, alt will take 20 minutes, two half shafts would take 3 to 4
hours, pass side mount half hour to take it off, take it to a machine
shop to press a new one in (or just get the complete mount and avoid the
machine shop), half hour to put it back on.  one weekend and i little
bit of dirty hands and scraped knuckles is all it takes....  one day if
you go morning to night...

chris
86 16V scirocco


>Steve Stalcup
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>VW Scirocco '88 16v
>http://www.nmt.edu/~elfking
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