Re: Timing belt cover / Seats

["Bill Collins" <photo@intrex.net>]

I have heard that some of the early rabbits were made without the upper timing belt cover.  VW added the cover to prevent throwing the belt when you got lots of snow packed up under the hood!

Bill

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Eric L Ellis <elf16v@juno.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 02:56:57 -0500

>Since I rebuilt my 2.0, my upper belt cover has been sitting in the
>garage.  I've driven it for 4 years now without incident and I like the
>idea of being able to take a quick look at the belt from time to time.  I
>don't think it wise to go without the lower cover though.  Not to
>mention, I'm lazy so when it comes time to replace the timing belt I like
>to have that little arrow telling me that the bottom end is TDC.
>
>As far as the seats, you may need to remove the bottom pad and cut some
>of the foam off of the bottom side.  Depending on how much room you need,
>you may end up with a gap between the upper and lower halves of the seat.
> WCM sells the hog rings and pliers for the job of reattaching the cover.
>
>Eric
>Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun!
>http://www.geocities.com/blitzkrieg16v/
>
>
>On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 23:41:47 -0500 "Matthew Chase" <Mattchase1@home.com>
>writes:
>> Hey All,
>> First Q: I am beginning the "reassembly" phase of my 16v and I'm 
>> wondering
>> if I can leave the timing belt cover off the engine. Has anyone done 
>> this
>> long term w/o problems? Is it common practice? (This car won't be a 
>> daily
>> driver)
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