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[johnnyvw]

I think I took the wrong bolt out. Are you available to helpView attachment 8392351

Hey, what are you doing in my garage??

 

[roostercogburn98]

Hey, what are you doing in my garage??

 

[Mike Casselton]

What are you guys doing? I broke a transmission in half, and bought a kit and a junkyard one to rebuild. $300 had broke college me back on the road, the rather than $3000 at a shop.

It was $30 for an ATSG manual to figure it out. Wasn't hard.


You guys act like you're spitting parts out of the engine, when most of the times it's stupid little things that just bolt on to the outside. Water pumps, alternators, sensors, etc.

I have two step sons. One sees the financial and mental benefit of fixing things.
The other is more concerned about the time for him to fix stuff vs paying someone else.

Approach #1 is never the wrong answer.
Approach #2 is only valuable if you make significantly more money than the time/cost factor involved.
Working at Cold Stone, selling ice cream doesn't make #2 viable.

 

[Bullfrog08]

Is that cross shaft the oil or fuel pump drive shaft? Looks like it needs a new gear...

Actually the problem is in plain sight.......didn't cut out the Xs. Why the fuck mark them, if not removing!

 

[johnnyvw]

 

[roostercogburn98]

Some broken parts In there. Hopefully that was a salvage motor your rebuilding

 

[johnnyvw]

Some broken parts In there. Hopefully that was a salvage motor your rebuilding

Nothing broken that I recall...but some mis-matching and shitty assembly. It was a motor I had gotten cheap that had a bunch of new parts and was assembled but never started. Good thing, it might have lasted 60 seconds the way it was done. Had brand new KS P+C that didn't have the cosmoline washed off . NOS genuine VW heads. Lifters were worn out, God knows if they were installed on the same lobes. Two old used rods and two brand new ones. Tons of sealer blocking off oil passages. Quite the mess.

 

[wvfarrier]

Be like me when I "rebuild" something...
.."where did all these extra parts come from....oh well"

 

[Bantam1]

If there are parts left over and it still functions, it just means it was overengineered to start with.