Unless someone who has done this more times than I have can give you
some tips on a foolproof process, it's likely that this will work
somewhat but there are no guarantees. It isn't just shifting the
chassis but just the act of disconnecting stuff tends to tilt hoses
and allow oil and coolant to pour from unexpected places. The more
you like what you are wearing, the more likely this will occur.

Jim

On Jan 12, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Nathaniel Poole wrote:

> How about if I put the front up on axle stands?
>
>
> On 1/12/07 11:52 AM, "Jim Felder" <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>
>> Ice cream bucket in volume, kid's wading pool in area. You'll fill up
>> almost a third of a five-gallon bucket if you get everything, but
>> you'll have to be quick to move it around a lot to do that. Get a
>> cheap plastic painter's drop cloth and then throw it away before you
>> actually have to crawl under. You can get the rest of it with a rag,
>> most likely.
>>
>> Here's a good trick I learned from my local VW shop, though with my
>> schedule it doesn't work as well as if you're doing it as a business.
>> They open engines on friday if they can, and by monday morning
>> there's not so much as a drip (works especially well on turbos and
>> diesels where there's a pan to come off and all that internal stuff
>> to drain). A big problem with waterboxers is that you'll think you
>> got everything, and then you move or tilt something slightly and here
>> comes the rest of the liquid. Horizontal layout, you know.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Jan 12, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Nathaniel Poole wrote:
>>
>>> The time has come, alas, to yank the 1.9/possibly 2.1 WBX out of my
>>> parts
>>> van. How much splooge will I be draining out of the cooling system?
>>> 1 Gal?
>>> 2? Are we talking ice cream bucket or kid's wading pool?
>>> Also should you drain the transaxle before yanking it as well?
>>>
>>> Nathaniel
>>>
>>
>