Re: my roc's in the shop

[Stephen Stalcup <elfking@nmt.edu>]

I'm not the most physical of people. I've done a little bit of work on the
car but haven't done anything too hard. I've replaced my belts (non-timing
before) and that took most of the weekend. 

Steve


On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Aaron D. Patton wrote:

> Dude, you coulda replaced all that yourself in a leisurely weekend.  All it
> would have taken was some hand tools, a floor jack and a whole box of
> band-aids for all the busted knuckles.
> 
> Aaron
> '79 Scirocco S- Still FOR SALE (in Dallas, TX)
> '93 Corrado SLC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Stalcup <elfking@nmt.edu>
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 2:37 PM
> Subject: my roc's in the shop
> 
> 
> >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. 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...
> >Steve Stalcup
> >
> >VW Scirocco '88 16v
> >http://www.nmt.edu/~elfking
> >
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