My yearly engine/tranny rebuild saga... long

[llutman@hotmail.com (Lisa Lutman)]

I have no doubts about Momentum doing the rebuild. Shawn will stand behind 
his work... I'm excited!!

Lisa

From: Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: jdbubb@ix.netcom.com
To: Lisa Lutman <llutman@hotmail.com>
CC: NWSciroccoList@groups.msn.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: My yearly engine/tranny rebuild saga... long
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:51:27 -0400

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
 >
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Lisa
Vancouver, BC
87 2.0L 16V Scirocco


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