a weekend FULL of working on the 'roc

["Kris Rayner" <veritech@fix.net>]

Well, this weekend I did nothing but eat, sleep, and work on my '84 
Scirocco.  As I mentioned earlier, the headgasket blew when a 
heater hose I had blocked off blew. I had it blocked off because my 
heater core was leaking and I was planning on doing it the night it 
went.
So this weekend I replaced the headgasket, pass. motor mount, 
radiator, heater core, exhaust manifold, downpipe and new exhaust.
Everything was straight forward at the begining. Got the head off in 
about 20 mins. at night with hand tools and reassembled it the 
next day.  The exhaust was pain though.  I ordered an Autotech 
exhaust from GPR for an '84 Scirocco. However, my car is actually 
a 10/83. Can you see where this is going?  It was kind of a bugger 
to fit, but I got it work and it doesn't hit anywhere. I plan on fixing 
the hangers right in about a week. It should be good till then.
The heater core was pretty easy though. I didn't bother to split the 
case. Just broke out the die grinder with a cutting wheel and cut 
out a panel in the shape of the heater core on the driver side, slid 
the old one out, slid the new one in and put the panel back in with 
a bit of sealer. Can't tell it's been done at first glance and it works 
without fogging the window.

The moral of this story, order your exhaust by production date, 
learn how to flat rate heater cores, and you can get loads of work 
done on a weekend. Later.
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                   Kris Rayner
                1984 VW Scirocco
    1981 VW Scirocco S - Soon to be a 16V :)-
     "I do nothing in moderation but work."
               -Charles Dickens
        http://www.fix.net/~trzracing/web/

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