removing a coil. is there some secret?

[sharpshooter33 at roadrunner.com (David Brown)]

AAAAHHHH the list comes thru again helping me thru my ignorance.  Took the 
raintray out. took the coolant resevior out to get to the back bolt. 
Unscrewed the 2 bolts and BINGO out it comes.

Tested it 1.1ohms primary 3110ohms secondary.  primary looks high so I'm 
replacing the coil unless someone has a better system. 8-)

Thanks gang
Cheers
David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "scirocco scirocco" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: removing a coil. is there some secret?


> Thanks gang. That's some good info.  I think your right on trying the new 
> one by just zipties... Can you access the nuts (don't get crued) from the 
> rain tray?  I haven't really looked there I assumed it was welded nut to 
> firewall.
>
> I'll give all ideas a try on my next days off. hopefully it'll work.
>
> Thanks
> David
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: " David Brown " <sharpshooter33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 7:22 AM
> Subject: Re: removing a coil. is there some secret?
>
>
>> Yeah, they're painful for me too, so don't feel bad. You likely have a
>> longer back, in my case I'm stretching my vertebrae to the point where I
>> feel it later, but my hands are small enough.
>> What I've done is slack off the nut on the lower bolt, then completely
>> remove the upper bolt/nut, and swing the thing around to access that 
>> lower
>> fastener more easily. Getting some longer bolts may make the 
>> reinstallation
>> a bit easier. And if you're just swapping things around in coil-ville for 
>> a
>> while, cable tie the thing to the upper stress bar if you have one, hell,
>> if it's just a test swap, leave the original one on the firewall while 
>> you
>> test drive its replacement strapped onto the bar. I had two coils in 
>> Klaus
>> for a while when I was trying to diagnose the "arschlaufen".
>> Cathy
>>
>> On 11:49 pm 06/21/07 "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I don't know what it is about me and coils, but I have a heck of a
>>> time getting them off. either I can't reach the other side of the screw
>>> or a bolt that holds them to the firewall strips out.
>>>
>>> Anybody have a sure fire method or some other method of getting them
>>> off?
>>>
>>> I didn't think my hands were that big, but I can't get them out.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> David
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