smanierre
Autocross Champion
Parts came in from FCP today so I got to work.
Good news:
Pistons and rods are assembled, getting the circlips that retain the wrist pins in is a bitch, but they're in now
Bad news:
Crank is in an bolts are all torqued. Those extra 90 degrees had me scared on each one. The bad part is I realized I installed the thrust washers backwards so now the crank has to come out and I need new bolts, they're already on order from VW though and should be here on tuesday. I still gotta look up how to get all the piston rings on correctly but once I do that and the new bolts come in the rods/pistons should be following shortly after, and then hopefully the rest of the motor shortly after
Bonus: Didn't trust my old torque wrench to be accurate since i've beat the shit out of it for the past 3 years so I picked up this new fancy digital one that even measures angles like 65nm + 90degrees
Good news:
Pistons and rods are assembled, getting the circlips that retain the wrist pins in is a bitch, but they're in now
![](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FljT7xmS.jpg%3F1&hash=7f4bdb821e0ec4ab250d498160ee364a)
Bad news:
Crank is in an bolts are all torqued. Those extra 90 degrees had me scared on each one. The bad part is I realized I installed the thrust washers backwards so now the crank has to come out and I need new bolts, they're already on order from VW though and should be here on tuesday. I still gotta look up how to get all the piston rings on correctly but once I do that and the new bolts come in the rods/pistons should be following shortly after, and then hopefully the rest of the motor shortly after
Bonus: Didn't trust my old torque wrench to be accurate since i've beat the shit out of it for the past 3 years so I picked up this new fancy digital one that even measures angles like 65nm + 90degrees
![](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTUIC63w.jpg%3F1&hash=2f6068d6380c0b96ecc33fcf4b36df31)