MkI conversion to PS - problem found, link to pics

[brian_wagner at sbcglobal.net (Brian Wagner)]

Yup beat it. Ahhh I always wanted to say that.

You could probably pull it from the engine bay, using an slide hammer and
the right hooks.

Brian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "Brian Wagner" <brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net>;
"Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:18 PM
Subject: MkI conversion to PS - problem found, link to pics


> http://scirocco.dhs.org/cheapassron/misc/bent_firewall/
>
> OK, with much thanks to those who replied, esp. Dan Bubb for the photos,
above is what I found.
>
> The car must have been in some sort of wreck at some time, or somebody
jumped a tree stump or
> something.  That'd explain the bent pass motor mount ears, and the damaged
firewall.
>
> After I pulled the rack, I found the rack and bushings looked OK.  Then I
saw that the lower
> u-joint had been rubbing on the horizontal seam in the firewall.  Darn.
Sooo...looking for
> obvious wreck damage, I happened to catch the light just right in the
paint and saw the kink in
> the firewall (between the mounts in the see_the_kink photo).  To give you
an idea of how far out
> the rack is, see the drivers_side and pass_side photos (looking in from
the wheelwell) and the
> straightedge photos, where I laid a piece of stock across the mounting
surfaces and you can see
> how far out of whack it is.
>
> Sorry for the poor photos, all I have is the still photo feature on our
Sony DigiCam.
>
> Question is, what to do now???  Beat it out from the inside???
>
> Sh!t!
>
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