Oh, just more progress

[greg.rocco at gmail.com (Greg Pallett)]

Sounds like a spectator sport...

On 7/30/05, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote: 
> 
> Dammit lady!
> You make me feel really lazy!
> 
> Today the short block gets assembled with it's new forged pistons and
> installed in the nephew's car. The head will happen later after it gets 
> some
> attention from a die grinder ;^)
> And the fuel pump that just died on my 16V will get swapped out for the 
> one
> on my nephew's car while I wait for a new one to arrive from
> Germanautoparts.
> And I'm sure a few other things.
> 
> But, like I said, I'm feeling lazy. The nephew's going to do all that 
> while
> I drink beer and watch ;^)
> Hope you all have a good Scirocco weekend.
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:41 AM
> Subject: Oh, just more progress
> 
> 
> > Well, it was a typical day around here yesterday. I was sick of Klaus'
> > little "incontinence problem", as he'd been leaking oil. A lot of it. 
> This
> > time it was from under the flange for the oil cooler, it's a nice little
> > job. Once again, "I'll take VW engineers I'd like to slap for $500, 
> Jim."
> > They always bury bolts in clear sight, but not in easy reach. In this 
> case
> > three buckets, requiring the removal of the oil filter, oil cooler, the
> > threaded rod it's on, and the sensor on the top. Then finally the
> > offending
> > flange. Of course the threaded rod wouldn't come off, so I ended up
> > draining the coolant to get the cooler off. And I'd managed to bite into
> > the threaded rod with the channel locks, so had to do the same on the
> > parts
> > Passat to source a new version. I do love how interchangeable the parts
> > are
> > on these cars, the Passat's a 91 and Klaus is a 79. Of course his oil
> > cooler's from an 84. Anyway, that was the morning.
> >
> > On a side note, the disastrous Waterfest adventure helped the project a
> > lot. New tools from that trip?
> >
> > 1. The fancy schmancy hose clamp tool, I'd been dying to use it anyway,
> > and
> > it rocks. I OWN spring clamps now. They bow before me. Shoulda bought 
> that
> > sucker ages ago.
> >
> > 2. Offset slipjoint pliers, for clamps that are easier to get at with
> > pliers.
> >
> > 3. Super short construction hammer, for driving them Allen bits home in
> > tight quarters.
> >
> > Moral of the story? If you see an oddball tool that you're not sure 
> about?
> > Buy it, you'll likely use it.
> >
> > Lessee, what else? Oh helping the kid bleed brakes on the 2L Rabbit. (I
> > find this job goes much better with some Fireball on ice, we have it 
> down
> > to a science) Typical, he'd nearly extracted a rotor from the rusty 80
> > parts car, since he'd "looked" and couldn't figure out where the 
> original
> > one was. It was hidden in plain sight, right on the shelf. And again,
> > parts
> > from the Passat came in handy. A steering wheel nut. Same for both cars.
> > And clutch cable attachment hardware from who knows what. He'd lost that
> > too.
> >
> > The Cabby's back on the road, after I threw in the towel and had it 
> towed.
> >
> > And the POS Jetta's been measured for new ground cables, the kid's too
> > lazy
> > to be bothered I guess. And I have to get the correct starter bolt into
> > the
> > 16V today too, and a fuel filter for Klaus, none are big jobs.
> >
> > They really keep me hopping eh?
> >
> > That's it for now, maybe I'll relax and wash some of them today. And go
> > for
> > a drive ;)
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> >
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