Aaaarrrrrrggghhhh...

[bmcgarvey at gmail.com (Brian McGarvey)]

Mark,
In a pinch some purple power down the timing hole works.. An oil soaked
clutch stood up to the abuse of the 2003 GRM drags that way.

Bigmac..


On 2/24/06, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Don't let this shake your confidence, Timbo!
> :-)
>
> Jim
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
> >[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
> >Behalf Of Mark F.
> >Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 11:14 PM
> >To: Scirocco List
> >Subject: Aaaarrrrrrggghhhh...
> >
> >
> >I noticed yesterday that my clutch was slipping a bit when I "dropped"
> >the clutch in 4th or 5th - the first signs that the end is near...
> >Since I'm heading to Baltimore this weekend to dolly home Mark Peele's
> >82 I thought it'd be a good idea to swap out the clutch.  So today
> >Sean and I rented a hoist a semi-local DIY garage to make quick work
> >of clutch job #1044 of my DIY VW career.  I had a brand new pressure
> >plate and clutch disc on the shelf anyways, as well as a complete
> >tranny/clutch swap "kit" I bought at Waterfest (all bolts, seals,
> >etc.), so what the hell...
> >
> >Everything came apart fine, with no rusted/seized bolts, and we had
> >the tranny out (and both lower control arms/spindles to be swapped) in
> >an hour.  It turned out the engine rear main seal was seeping a bit of
> >oil, and had oiled-down the clutch (which still had about 1/2 it's
> >life left).
> >
> >Things took a turn for the worse when we went to put everything back
> >together.  The first sign of trouble was the dowel on the flywheel
> >wasn't fitting in the slot on the new pressure plate.  Even liberal
> >use of a BFH yielded only more frustration.  So, off came the freshly
> >installed pressure plate, to be replaced by the used (still good) one
> >I just removed.  Had it all torqued up, and flywheel bolted to it,
> >before realizing I forgot to install the pushrod plate dealie...
> >F**K!!!  So, off came the flywheel.  Put the mess all together AGAIN,
> >and prepped the tranny to reinstall...
> >
> >Not realizing the shop actually had hydraulic tranny lifts Sean and I
> >struggled with the tranny, trying till our arms were about to fall off
> >to get that fucker seated.  It just wouldn't slide home - even after
> >spinning the shaft a bit in case the splines weren't meshing...  I
> >then splotted the lift, and we tried again.  After much cursing it
> >still wouldn't go, so I figured something wasn't right...
> >
> >It turns out the 210 mm clutch disc I had on the shelf was for a
> >smaller splined shaft tranny...  I assumed that all 210mm 020 8v discs
> >were the same, but I guess I was wrong...  The tranny is a DFQ 020
> >from a 98 Jetta.  Anyone confirm this for me?  (I don't have ETKA
> >installed on this computer)...
> >
> >So, since I was paying $12/hour for the hoist, and the
> >dealership/flaps were no longer open I was forced to put everything
> >back together again the way I drove it into the shop.  I changed the
> >rear main seal, and used a bunch of brake cleaner to try and "de-oil"
> >the clutch disc, and reassembled the works...  The clutch still slips,
> >even after a long drive with several clutch-slip heat cycles.  SO, I
> >now have to do the whole thing over again tomorrow...  We're going to
> >see how fast we can do the job...  Who's got the time to beat?  :)
> >
> >Later,
> >
> >Mark - greasy and pissed...
> >75
> >86
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>