>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 |
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