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Sunday engine pull



Still a free man!

On 8/7/07, John S - VWPowered <76Rocco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> how you get on, or are you in jail ;)
>
> john
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neptuno" <neptunonc@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Gordy Stedman" <ydrogs@xxxxxxxxx>; <Scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Sunday engine pull
>
>
> > This is one of the greatest Monday morning reads I have had in a long
> time.
> >
> >   THANK YOU!!
> >
> >   EL Tony
> >
> > Gordy Stedman <ydrogs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   Worlds biggest cherry picker!
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/ydrogs/88JETTA/photo#5095312499978558242
> > So here is the story. I have been working in Albuquerque for 2 weeks on
> a
> > new Costco. The first day I arrived after work hours and noticed this
> white
> > Jetta parked on the job site and did not think much of it. It continued
> to
> > be parked in the same place day after day. I thought it was one of our
> > subcontractors workers car that was broken down. Last Friday they were
> > cutting the dirt grade for the parking lot and noticed they cut around
> the
> > Jetta so I asked our superintendent what was up with it. He told me that
> it
> > has been abandoned there for over 2 months while the work on the job
> site
> > has been going on for a month. The plates expired May of 06 and they
> called
> > the police to get it removed but the cops said it was not stolen and on
> > private property so they could not tow it away. For all those who think
> I
> > am a thief he said it was going to throw it in a dumpster and hauled off
> by
> > our disposal company. I said let me get some things off of it first
> before
> > you junk it. So I got to check it out to see if there was anything cool
> to
> > take out of it. I look under the hood and see it is a 1.8l RV with an
> ASF
> > tranny with digifag. Since I am out of spare engines and I am sick of my
> > AUG tranny and CIS I start thinking of how I can get it out while still
> > working 10 hours a day. I ask my boss if he cares if I pull the engine
> and
> > he does not give a shit but thinks I am insane. They moved the car next
> to
> > our job trailers with a fork lift on Friday to a flat area. So I work
> > Saturday and then get off and go to Target. I get a $20 set of shitty
> > tools, 2 ratchet straps, bucket of zip ties, shop rags, junk pair of
> pants
> > and cheap shirt, hand cleaner and painters tape.
> > This morning I get there at 8:30am and begin to strip away at the A2. I
> > borrowed a set of tools from my boss so that helped out. I got
> everything
> > out and off while it was on the ground but needed to get under the car
> to
> 86
> > the drive lines and exhaust. We wrapped a tow strap around the front sub
> > frame/bumper assembly and used the forklift to lift the front of the car
> 6'
> > up (wish I had a photo of that). Since I do not travel with a 30mm
> socket
> > and breaker bar or a 8mm triple square (which I will now pack every
> time)
> we
> > decided to remove the drive lines with a chop saw since we had one in
> our
> > tool inventory. Tricky getting the 15" blade in there but it cut thought
> > the solid driver side like butter but also got the front solid brake
> line
> in
> > the process, oops. I used a saws all from our carpenters trailer to cut
> > through the rusty exhaust bolts from the DP to the cat. We put the car
> back
> > on the ground and wrapped the tow strap around the tranny bell and used
> the
> > pick point on the alternator bracket and lifted the engine up while I
> undid
> > the motor mount bolts. That bad boy slid right out. We had a spare
> pallet
> > lying around so we put it on that and I strapped her down around 1pm. I
> > will push it to the back of one of our containers and wait till it gets
> > trailered back to Portland. Here are other pictures of the process:
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/ydrogs/88JETTA
> > The engine spun 360 after I pulled out the plugs and the tranny shifted
> into
> > all gears so I am stoked. I also found a pick-n-pull yard in Albuquerque
> > that I might hit before the day is over to see if there is any Scirocco
> > treasures there. Can not figure out why all my coworkers want to go to
> the
> > casino on their day off when there is so much fun VW stuff to do here :)
> >
> > PS- I look at this as helping out the environment by recycling a used
> engine
> > to keep another Scirocco alive VS it being grand theft auto. God I hope
> I
> > do not go to jail for being a Scirocco freak.
> >
> > --
> > Gordy
> > MK1 x 5
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Gordy
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