Re: first repair! success...

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

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The longest journey starts with the first step.  You'll be pressing
engine mounts and swapping 5th gear ratios in no time.

Congratulations on your successful repair Tim.  There are a lot of people
who just complain about car problems without even trying to diagnose it,
let alone FIX it! :-]

later!

==Brett


>	I'm sure you guys doing engine swaps and stuff like that will 
>laugh when
>you see this, but I don't mind..  I've been driving for less than a year,
>and a scirocco owner for about 7 months (wow.. it seemed way longer) and in
>the last hour, I've done my first major repair (as in not just putting
>coolant in or something).
>	A few weeks ago, I let my girlfriends dad "fix" my worn power 
>steering pump
>belt..  ever since then its been squealing when the car turned and it
>finally broke (a few miles from home, thankfully).  So I bought a new belt,
>and spend an hour monkeying around figuring out how to do it... now for the
>first time in a while, the belt is actually properly tightened and working
>:)  I also figured out where the idle screw is, and so now my car doesnt
>idle at 1600 anymore... can anyone tell me the correct idle for a 87 16v??
>I just guessed at 1000...
>anyways! pats on the back are welcomed!
>
>happiest rocco owner in oneonta ny,
>tim s.

 \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net

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