My yearly engine/tranny rebuild saga... long

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

I'm thinking all that effort is worth it as long as you end up with a
"tight bottom end".
Seriously, sounds like you're really doing it right. Hope the shop lives
up to your expectations.
Dan

Lisa Lutman wrote:
> 
> A bit of background info for those of you who haven't been following
> along... A year ago, just before ND 2001 actually, I blew up my tranny. I
> decided that at this time, it was a good time to put in a 2.0L and the shop
> I took the car to was only too happy to oblige. Fast-forward a year later...
> 
> About 7 weeks ago, my motor started to knock... mmm... rod knock. I'm
> finally experiencing the 16v woes I think. I decide to take the spare motor
> I have laying around to Momentum to have rebuilt. I call the previous shop
> that did the work on the car and the owner says "Wow, that's some bad luck
> you're having. Have a nice day." Ummm... thanks. My spare motor also
> coincidentally came from this shop in a round about way. The machine shop
> discovers that this supposedly fine low mileage spare motor I have has a bad
> rod and 3 stuck rings. Thank God I sent to be rebuilt. The supposedly fine
> used head that I have from a friend also needs work they tell me. Bent
> valves aren't good apparently.
> 
> So, I'm driving a fair distance from my house when my knocking finally
> becomes a distinct clackety-clunk-knock and I have the car towed home at a
> cost of $260 cdn. Frig. Serves me right I suppose. Thanks to 16volt for
> rescuing me.
> 
> My motor came out of my car yesterday so I went to Momentum and we opened it
> up and although I'm not super mechanic, I know that those bronze coloured
> shavings in the oil can't be good. #1 rod and bearing are toast. Same with
> the crank - toast. In the head, the valves are bent (saved you the valves
> and the bearing for your collection 16volt). To make this whole experience
> really fun, my tranny is also leaking from every seal ever put in it and the
> 2nd and reverse syncros are in need of replacement (and they'll throw a bolt
> kit in there).
> 
> On the bright side, I'll finally get the headwork done that I wanted, I'll
> have a tight bottom end, another new clutch and a really strong tranny.
> We'll also do some other small performance mods too, although limited, since
> my budget is long since blown.
> 
> Well, if you made it this far, thanks for reading!
> 
> Lisa
> Vancouver, BC
> 87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
> 
> _________________________________________________________________
> Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l