Julie & the clutch.....

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Just think of all the wonderful experience that you recieved.After you do it five or six more time you'll think it has a zipper on it.

ole blue 
> From: Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@gmail.com>
> Date: 2005/11/06 Sun AM 07:56:34 CST
> To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
> CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Julie & the clutch.....
> 
> ROFLMAO... I do the "IR Sensor Dance" too in my driveway!  My garage
> isn't wired like that thank God.
> 
> On 11/6/05, Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I wanted to change the clutch, the cable and seals on the new car. I read
> > the Bentley at lunch to remember all the steps in proper order, what tools
> > were going to be needed etc. (Being the only american and female in a
> > software dept filled with H1B gentlermen, it raised a few eyebrows)
> > Mark & Dave supplied all I needed and Sat morning I started......
> >
> > I moved Draco out of the garage and got to stripping all I needed to remove
> > to do the job. I even remembered to remove the back up cable AND the speedo.
> > I am sooooo proud  :) (GD its a 2 part cable! I thought that stopped on the
> > MKI!)
> >
> > The transaxle out the flywheel removed easily. The clutch plate its self was
> > not that bad after all. the rest? "It WAS going to be an easy job! ( I was
> > sooo happy). WRONG.
> >
> > The pressure plate bolts REFUSED to loosen. AFter a call to Cathy, I was
> > able to borrow a compressor for my air hammer. Several attempts later the
> > bolts still refused to move. So off to Walmart for a torch to heat those
> > suckers.
> > I heated and wrenched, heated and wrenched. Still stuck and not releaseing.
> > S**T.
> > My language would have frightened a seasoned Marine.....
> >
> > Then. I saw the problem. Want to know the awnser? Go ahead ask...
> >
> > The hammer has 2 settings. "F" and "R". Please check these settings before
> > giving up hope. Once set correctly, the bolts spun out.
> >
> > Reassembly is the reverce of disassembly. EXCEPT when putting the transaxle
> > back in. The lights in the garage are on a motion/timer. Just as I was
> > struggling to get it back in, the lights went out. The transaxle fell on my
> > leg, stripping the fleash from the bone. Well, not that bad, but it hurt.
> >
> > The Marines that had assembled to learn effective cursing (due to my
> > previous efforts), scattered like leaves in the wind....
> >
> > These lights would turn on and off for the rest of the reassemble ( I had to
> > go out side and wave at the f**kin sensor).
> >
> > Got the car started, but there is no reverce, so back under the car I go
> > later today to check the linkages and put the metal work bolts back in (that
> > I forgot).
> >
> > In retrospect I found something I hate MUCH more than rear brakes. Next time
> > I'll pay some poor sucker to do it.
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
> > "Its not just a car! Its an adventure!"
> > DSM4 entry: "Masochism: See Scirocco"
> > 1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
> > 1985 MKII 1.8L 8v w 9A Wolfsburg
> > Amsterdam NY
> >
> >
> >
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