At 04:55 PM 12/9/99 -0600, Jay & Kim Schmidt wrote:
>Regarding the torque converter removal, I just remembered that a crank hath
>two ends and I could probably hold the pulley end with a wrench while
>loosening the hopefully-not-as-tight tc bolts.
>
>The question remains: why replace the 5 tc drive plate bolts? Has anyone NOT
>replaced them after removing them and had any ill-effects?

I didn't replace them, with no ill effect so far, but it hasn't been long
enough to judge yet. I was careless about properly torquing the bolts that
hold the plate to the converter though, with, as Doktor Tim puts it, all
hell to pay. I was lucky I didn't destroy the engine, I only had to buy a
rebuilt torque converter and new plate. and pull the engine, of course.
>
>I know...not DM if VW says to do it. It's just that doing things "right" ie
>the long way has turned into a six month downtime for an exhaust replacement
>that involved engine removal... I need to get on the road as my trusty 77
>goes in the garage for the winter this week lest it be exposed to sodium
>chloride. Yikes!
>I hope this tc bolt part is an acceptable corner to cut. Is it?

I wouldn't do again. If the engine is out, I'd do whatever it took to do it
the right way. Doktor Tim's guilt-inducing lecture series is having quite
an effect on me. I am now planning on dropping the engine again and
replacing those bolts.
Don

>Jay
>