Under either scenario the mechanic clearly touched the bolt (ho loosened
it or removed it) and then forgot to tighten it properly when the engine
was reinstalled.  I'd say he's clearly responsible here and I'd sue if I
had to to get him to stand behind his work.

On Tue, 25 May 1999, Joshua Van Tol wrote:

> >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.

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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