"Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>: holy sheit

[mark.peele@juno.com (Mark A. Peele)]

Yeah this is a common experience for me - everytime I get a car I have to
fix all the f*ck ups of the previous owners and/or so called mechanics. I
just did the front struts on my Golf GT and a) it had bump stops that
were meant for an A1, and b) it had a skinny  bolt in one of the Strut
lower mounting positions (like half the thickness it should'a been).

man, I was steamed! 

I also had to replace the pedal bracket that some Einstein mechanic had
totally screwd up - the idiot didn't know where all the mounting bolts
were - so he just sheared off the one that he didn't know about (i can
see the idiot bending it back & forth trying to get it out!) - i had to
fabricate a custom repair.

last week I bought a new set of Yokohamas for the Golf GT - despite
specific instructions, they put two tires on the wrong rims!!

I wonder what genius repairs I'll find in my new '82?
__________________________________________________________
 . . . Mark
Scirocco 1982, 1980S (dying), previously 1981S (RIP), 1975TS, 1975
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From: "Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>
To: scirocco-l@privateI.com
Subject: holy sheit
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 17:18:07 +0000
Message-ID: <199710252223.RAA28020@raid2.fddi.phoenix.net>

man oh man well it looks like my last post about help removing my
alternator didnt go though? Anyways I had a friend over and he 
enlightened me that it just needed a little 'persuasion' to pop out,
but then I went to looking..I'M MISSING 8 bolts!!!!! I want
to kick the living hell out of the auto shop that did this to me, 
only thing is I can't prove who did it...though I've only had it in 
one place..I can't prove they removed them...just to paint a picture,
my WHOLE belt/pully sytem is held together by 1 bolt on the
p/s pump, 2 bolts on the alternator that attack to that triangular 
metal bracket, and the top alternator bolt. all the rest are missing!
I fail to see how that shop that just replaced my hose downthere 
(pump to oil cooler) could miss that I was missing my tensioner bolts 
and all the others.  man i'm steaming!

so it's strait to the dealer monday!

Ryan
limping 16v Scirocco
sitting 8v Scirocco (Rieger Wannabe)
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