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Title: Those wacky German engineers! Post by: dguy on January 07, 2004, 09:37:50 am So I went outside to yank the tempermental starter out of the Jetta last night. Lying on my back in the driveway, I loosen one of the bolts, and I see the engine & tranny tilt down a bit toward the front of the car (and not from pulling on the wrench).
WTF I say to myself, and tuck the bottle jack in under the front of the transmission out of paranoia and a sense of self-preservation. Remove the remaining two bolts, remove the starter, and discover that the flippin' thing is an integral part of the only forward motor mount on that car. ::) I'm not sure what's more bizarre--this design, or the placement of the starter motor in the NorthStar V8. ;) Title: Re:Those wacky German engineers! Post by: GoFast85 on January 08, 2004, 07:53:16 am Now, don't get Aaron going now with that crack (no pun intended) about the starter location.
Title: Re:Those wacky German engineers! Post by: aaron88 on January 08, 2004, 02:48:09 pm Hey! I'm 1/2 German. Well somewhere back there anyway. Anyway...it's not the Germans, it's the engineers. Wait a minute...
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