>Well, I'm an air-cooled guy and may be wrong here, but that sounds just
>like the front transmission mounting bolt the manuals all tell me to
>loosen when I remove my engine.  Loosening it helps the
>transmission/engine assembly to rotate down at the rear so the engine can
>be pulled out under the rear apron.  If the same reasoning applies to
>removing water-cooled engines, then I'd guess the mechanic loosened the
>bolt but forgot to re-tighten it when the engine was replaced.
>

Or maybe he simply removed the engine and transmission as a unit. This is
actually the easier way to pull the engine.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net