You guys might have remembered that I was removing my tranny last week. I ended up removing the engine, which wasn't really that difficult. I'm glad I did it actually. It's been raining in Illinois all week. I rolled the engine into the garage to work on it (to much crap in there for a car). Now that my engine was out I decided to do a bunch of stuff. First I removed the ac. I relocated the alternator to where the ac compressor was. I plan on getting an 8v alternator so I can ditch the iron bracket completely. If the 16v alternator guts can fit inside the 8v alternator shell, I swap them. I'm not to worried about the power differences in the altenators though. I don't even have a radio in my car. I stripped out the radio and all the wiring months ago. I also installed a new water pump/bracket, with a low temp thermostat. Since my radiator was out, I finally put in a low temp fan switch as well. Finally, I'm installing a manual steering rack and ditching the power steering. Now I only have three pulleys on my engine, and one belt. The crank, waterpump, and alternator pulley. It's nice. Maybe even equal to a set of unorthodox pulleys as far as engine strain etc.
Also, I parted out my daily driver (1988 GLI, same as the project car) to use as parts for my project car. I sold the 'shell' for $200 to a vw mechanic. He didn't want the engine. I asked how much to remove the tranny for me. He said it would be about three hours labor which came out to $165. So I offered him the engine if he removed the tranny for me. That's fine since I didn't have the time or the room for pulling the engine anyway. Here's what I took off the car before I sold it. Recaro Interior (1990 up style) dashboard headliner boge shocks/ neuspeed softsports newer rear calipers autotech ss brakelines Hella 16v lights/radiator support taillights The car had a lot of rust, so I didn't think I could sell it for much. I got what I wanted out of the car, so I am happy. The only thing is that I have two cars worth of parts sitting around everywhere. The biggest slowdown in this project has been waiting for parts to arrive. That and not knowing how to do a few things, and having to wait to find out. Anyway, I thought I'd share my week. Hopefully, I'll be done soon. My brother Dave took some pics of my engine out, and some other stuff. I'll probably put them online when we get 'em developed. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
