How I got home this afternoon...

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

HAHAHA!! Not only that, but I did end up saying what went wrong later in 
the post...   :D

The red one belongs to my buddy, Jason - who bought it nearly in the 
form you see it now. His bragging about how it's "HIS" is getting older 
by the day.... I need to finish mine so I can shut him up!  :)

JT

marc_scirocco wrote:

>Look carefully, the alternator is being held by two wires hanging from the
>neuspeed bar and tied to the valve cover.
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>Oh and the air intake is on the "wrong" side too, but that is ok.
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>And the red MKI is very nice too!!!
>
>Cheers.
>
>Marc
>'83 Scirocco
>'97 A4 Q
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>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
>>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] De la part de Calimus
>>Envoy? : 31 octobre 2004 01:34
>>? : Allyn; Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Objet : Re: How I got home this afternoon...
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>>Looks more like one of those plug wire management pieces.
>>
>>William
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@tds.net>
>>To: "Jeff Toomasson" <area53@validpath.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:12 AM
>>Subject: Re: How I got home this afternoon...
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>>>>http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/rig.JPG
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>>>why does it look like that timing belt is missing a big ol' chunk?
>>>when i first looked at it i was like 'oh shit, yup, thats a 
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>>problem'. i
>>can
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>>>only guess its a shadow.
>>>Al
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Jeff Toomasson" <area53@validpath.com>
>>>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>>Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:07 AM
>>>Subject: How I got home this afternoon...
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>>>>Two hours before my son's first birthday party, expecting 
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>>50+ people
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>>>>(including lil'uns), my Scirocco decides to remind me 
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>>that it shall not
>>be
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>>>>neglected.
>>>>
>>>>Let me know what you find wrong with this picture:
>>>>
>>>>http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/rig.JPG
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>>>>Had to take it to the grocery store 5-ish miles away 
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>>(though through
>>high
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>>>>traffic areas) to get the cake and ice because my Mom 
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>>decided it would
>>be
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>>>>a good idea to park where it would block the driveway. 
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>>Rather than move
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>>>>her Camry, I decided that I would give the old beast a 
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>>workout given the
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>>>>fact that I would have to drive it all this week because my
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>>mother-in-law
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>>>>will be using my wife's car and wife gets the M5...
>>>>
>>>>Four blocks from the store, the battery light comes on 
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>>and the voltmeter
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>>>>starts dropping. "Not now, please??!" I say. Though I 
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>>seemed mired in
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>>>>traffic, I managed to get to the store parking lot and 
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>>found that my
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>>>>alternator tensioner bolt to the cylinder head SHEARED 
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>>off. Begged one
>>of
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>>>>the clerks to give me a coat hanger so I could MacGuyver it and
>>>>thankfully, I made it home with the cake and 5 bags of 
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>>ice....why of all
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>>>>times does this car pick this one to make me sweat it 
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>>out?? So, guess
>>what
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>>>>I'm doing tomorrow??  :)
>>>>
>>>>Another, prettier, roc shot for the day:
>>>>
>>>>http://validpath.com/images/scirocco/triroc.JPG
>>>>
>>>>I love these cars why, again??  :)
>>>>
>>>>L8R, JT
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