HELP!!! Broken down in NC

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

I appreciate it all.  The bolt SHEERED off in the mount.  Appears to have
loosened partially and snapped off.  It's in a threaded area for both the
mount and the bolt so it looks like I am going to have to pull the whole
mount to deal with it.

Grrr.

I have a 87 16v that came from the factory without AC.  I spent ALL MORNING
in some godforsaken mud puddle of a junkyard.  Found quite a few Jetta's but
no Scirocco's.  (there was a Mk2 GTI in there... I think it was a Mk2 it may
have been a Mk1.  8v with AC.)  There was a handful of Audi's and
EVERY car--every damn one of them had AC with a smaller bolt to mount the
alternator.

As a temporary solution to get me home I found a short bolt I inserted from
the other direction that holds HALF of the alternator in place.  My luck is
that it will sheer also.  I really don't care at this point as long as I get
home.  :(

Thanks again,
Chris


On 12/31/05, Doug C. <carvsdriver@msbx.net> wrote:
>
> Chirs, I posted your request for help to the local vw fourm, NCVW.org.  I
> know that there are quite a few folks from the Fayetteville area on the
> forums.  Let me know if I can be of any other help.  I'm in Raleigh which is
> around 1 to 1.5 hours from Fayetteville.
>
> Doug C.
> '89 Jetta GLI
> Raleigh, NC
>
> >-----Original Message-----
>
> >From: Chris Bennett [mailto:scirocco16vr32@gmail.com]
> >Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 07:03 AM
> >To: 'Scirocco List'
> >Subject: HELP!!! Broken down in NC
> >
> >That @#$% alternator bolt came out again.  This time I lost it
> completely.
> >I am in Fayetteville NC staying with friends right now, but sometime
> between
> >now and Monday I have to get a replacement, as I have to be back in
> Virginia
> >to finish with the Navy.  Grrr.
> >
> >I don't think any listers are in the immediate area--am I wrong?  Why
> >couldn't this happen a block away from Dan Bubb or Daun?!?
> >Anyone know of a junkyard in this area?   Any other suggestions?
> >
> >The car currently runs--but the belts tend to slacken at low rpm and I am
> >VERY nervous about shearing the other bolt off and having a 90amp pinball
> >inside my engine compartment with 12v/1000+ amps tethering it.
> >
> >I JUST was beeeotching about this a day or so ago!  Why would it keep
> >working loose like that? Could it be a bad bearing in the alternator is
> >causing vibration that is working this loose?  I have no idea if there is
> a
> >bad bearing or not, just a thought.  After Cathy's comment I am not sure
> I
> >want to put LOCTITE on this bolt if I can find another one.
> >
> >Other than that the car performed rather infamously.  I did Hampton to
> >Fayetteville in about 3.5 hours.  I have a couple of nice pics I snapped
> >with the cell phone I will post up later.  I don't think I dipped below
> >80    once.  I even stopped for dinner.  Quite a few triple digit bursts.
> >;)  Ok so maybe it was the vibration of 5-6k and road bumps that did in
> the
> >bolt.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Chris
> >423-912-8962
> >
> >PS. my wife may post here today as there were connectivity problems when
> I
> >got here last night, and I asked her to post on my behalf.  Be
> gentle  LOL.
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