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Weight of 8v tallblock?



Ahhh a spare engine. Good idea on a long flight :)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daun Yeagley [mailto:vwdaun@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:34 PM
>To: roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca, 'Dan Bubb'
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Weight of 8v tallblock?
>
>
>--- C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>> Considering where he's lifting it, he may be worried
>> about dropping the
>> block almost as much as the jewels. Both scenarios would
>> be pretty ugly.
>> <trying not to visualize>
>> Cathy
>
>Very true. To fill everyone else in, Brad & I are picking
>up an 8v tallblock (of the Audi persuation actually) from
>Raleigh North Carolina on Saturday - in the Grumman. Which
>means we gotta get this thing over the easily dented
>aluminum wing and into the back seat area. (Cool that the
>seats fold down flatter than a Scirocco!) It looks like
>right now we'll be able to use an engine hoist down there
>to assist in loading it, and I have a hoist here to unload
>it. *crossing fingers.*
>
>
>Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
>'80 Scirocco '81 Scirocco S 16v to be?
>'86 Scirocco 8v '88 Scirocco 16v 
>'88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!) '96 Passat GLX Wagon
>'56 Cessna 172
>The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.
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