Re: Scirocco Wars Episode One: A New Hope

[Dan Brideau <dan@hobbyetc.com>]

Eat your Wheaties.  

When you go to put the mess back together, those head bolts are waaay tight. 
They don't want that thing to just fly off of there by itself.  I think the
book says to make the head bolts so tight your eyes will cross, then pull the
wrench handle around until your gut explodes. (I may be off on the syntax)

Dan Brideau
http://www.hobbyetc.com/scirocco


At 11:53 PM 1/10/00 -0600, Nate Mellom wrote:
>Hey kids.  Good news!!!!!!!
>So, like, I was driving my '84 8v to work the other month, whoosh, big
>puff of white smoke, rocco no more go go.  Lots o' liquid in the
>oil....figgered blown head gasket, no REAL biggie.  Tried to crank it
>after it sat all day, I got a clunk and nothing more, no crank, nada.
>The lovely sound of the starter trying to crank a seized motor.  So, I
>let it sit almost 2 months, planning on tearing it apart in the spring
>and making it happy again.  So, I went to New York for New Years and got
>engaged, and the 'lil woman is moving here with me (Northern Illinois)
>in a couple weeks.  Money is needed for an apartment and stuff, so I
>planned on selling my beloved rocco.  I figured I'd part it out, make at
>least something back on it.  Today, for shits and giggles, I went to RJ
>Brigham and Co., the local VW good guys.  Mr. Brigham informed me that
>it most likely is a blown head gasket, but that it may not be seized (no
>nasty machanical noises when it dies, just a whoosh).  Seems H20 is
>rather non-compressable, and if one of the compustion chambers is full
>of coolant, the engine WILL NOT crank, not even a lil, eensy teensy tiny
>bit.  He suggested I pull the plugs, make sure no one is standing in
>front of the car, crank it and see if my rocco becomes a lawn sprinkler.
>If it does, there is hope.  I plan on putting a head gasket on and
>selling my car.  I do want to keep it, but it's already cost me tons of
>money, so I'll sell it, become rich and buy my 16v.  So, if all goes
>well tomorrow I'll be finding out  I only have a semi-dead rocco.
>Now, the big question. I looked at my Bentley about removing the head,
>and it doesn't look TOO hard.  Anyone have any experience in the
>matter?  Anyone willing to lend a fellow roccer a few words of advise?
>Wish me luck!
>Nate
>'84 with a will to live after all!!



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