timing belt cover

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

Yep I heard that... the first one I did it the proper
way, removing pulleys and shit, when I had to do the
second one... exacto knife and butane torch the blade
white hot... cut it like butter... stinks but makes a
5 mins job out of the 1.5hrs it is to play and mess
with the pulleys.


--- Mark <maardak@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I don't even bother trying to remove these things
> the "proper" way anymore.  I grab an
> old butter knife, heat it up red hot with a torch,
> and cut/melt sections of the cover
> until I can pull it free.  It only takes a few
> minutes instead of banging your head
> against the wall for an entire day...  No pulleys to
> remove either, if you're not
> planning on running a cover after...
> 
> Mark.
> 80 S
> 81 S
> 
>  --- Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well, I
> figured it would be easier to find
> the oil leak in the mk2 instead of swapping
> > trannys, but I've already ran into a snag. I can't
> get the timing belt cover off! I
> > undid the 2 or 3 nuts on top but it appears that
> the plug that's on the side of the
> > cover, partway down, is holding it in place. The
> Bently just calls it a socket bolt or
> > something like that. However, the hole in the
> center of it seems to be circular and the
> > outside of the plug is circular as well. How do I
> get this thing off?
> >  
> > Dan
> > 
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