I can't get a wrench on this ****** with it in the car...do I have to pull the manifold out to get to 1 nut?

 

oh, and I've only broken 4-studs so far

 

this **** was a lot easier when the motor was on the stand.

 

It is a hellamotherfuckingbitchcuntwhoreassrapepainfest.

I ended up taking a combo wrench, cutting it into a shorty using the box end, and by trial and error removing bits of material from the wrench handle (and the box head), with a grinder until it barely worked. It is a lot easier with the manifold out or the engine on a stand. That is why I want to go to socket head cap screws and safety wire.

 

this will be the last time I take the turbo hardware out. Next time it ***** up I'm dropping it off at BEGi and letting them deal with it.

 

Trey, go at it from the bottom. Left arm ***-deep, under the manifold, and come at it from the bottom. The DP has to be way the **** out of the way.

 

i had to take the manifold out to drill it anyway. This **** is a raging bitch. I will not do it twice.

 

I still don't understand why our koni-challenge 2.0T GTIs dont' break bolts/studs or have loosening issues. Even with Randy motherfucking Pobst driving them.

 

I assumed you gays used the 1-piece manifold/turbine housing.

 

stubby open end.

ps are you using anti-seize?

 

From the bottom, left arm indeed, like Sav says. I just retightened mine.
Is your nuclear loctite in yet?

I ordered some too, but it will probably be 2010 before customs clears my package...

 

negative because it exacerbated the problem on the VW.

Also, I managed to somehow whack my brake valve and now that's broken and leaking. Looks like my car is marooned in Little Rock...time to ship it home.

 

You're using good grade 8 studs, right?

 

whatever begi sends. Right now I'm re-evaluating reality. Maybe a v-band set-up is the way to go.

 

Are you breaking studs off the trubo or manifold?

 

studs broken in the mani, studs broken into the dp side of the turbo. **** is not pretty.

 

From you driving the car hard, or from your huge arms busting the studs while trying to figure out how to take them off?

 

You tried stubby's or a crows foot?

Chris

 

driving the car hard. I soaked them in penetrating oil and they still broke on the dp side. With any luck I'll penetrate you.

After what I've gone though today with more **** breaking and dealing with this crap, I think I've realized that I must go above and beyond what works for normal people and go with v-bands. Hopefully BEGi can do this in a timely fashion.

Am i really asking to much to have a turbo car that I don't have to disassemble everytime I track it? I don't mind little **** here and there, but taking the car appart incessantly, living in hotels doesn't make sense after already droping $4k on a turbo kit.

What are the chances that someone would want my manifold and dp for $600?

 

Fawk I really hope I don't have this problem... but with some of the things I've been through with broken fasteners.. I likely will join the ranks.