worst pig of a job to do?

wots the worst, most frustrating repair you have done on a vw....?
mine has too be the front anti roll bar...once all bushes are on 1 end fitted
bar drops down! jack holding it up is in way etc etc

 

Only thing I always hate doing is fitting an exhaust system on my back, with the car 4inches off the ground and dirt in my eyeballs...

 

Fitting another turbo to my car. The old one was bad enough to get out - try fitting in a bigger one!

 

Intake manifold removal, Mk2 1.6 driver. Access just hideous.

One of the inner capheads had rusted, and rounded off as I tried to undo it.[:^(]

Eventually found that a square-ended Allen key, cranked over to about a 30-degree angle from perpendicular, worked as a kind of rotational crow-bar...

 

Inlet manifold on a driver... closely followed by downpipes on an 8v GTI

 

Ahh, lovely shards of rust in the eyeballs

Mk2 heater matrix is the worst I've attempted,never again

 

exhausts

 

touareg V10 power steering pump

 

i really didn't enjoy doing my dads cambelt on his mk4 tdi.

 

Nice, that's a proper strip down

 

yep 13hrs worth of work

its circled with the red ring, had to remove more once the engine was out to get it out

 

Yep i have to agree with you on this one, especially when all the bolts are similiar to something you would find on the titanic.

 

EZ pete, I found the inlet manifold on my driver easy going, once I found all the bolts with my finger. Trying lots of extension length combos did the trick.
Most frustrating job must be the heater matrix, definatley gives the most scratched hands.
*edit* actually those C clip exhaust manifold things really suck

 

steering rack without dropping the subframe

ceased on rounded off rusty brakepipes where there's no access (the one above the bias valve)

axel bushes are ok just a bit time consuming and abit stiff i spose

 

rear drums and shoes (well this week anyway) worst motor job ever was the brake lines on my mums frontera! so long, and such an odd shape! and why have 3 lines running to the back! honestly lol

 

Not Golf, but having been putting off changing the starter motor on my Mk3 Polo G40.

Nasty tight hole with no real good access. I just know it'll take hours faffing around

 

exhaust manifold on mk2 16v, not too much fun when the nut thats near impossible to get to in the first place rounds off....

that or bent driveshaft and wishbone replacement... you're just torqueing the bolts back up then the captive nuts come off

 

oil filter housing gasket, with engine and rad in place

 

Replacing Skyline GTR 4WD gearbox on your back! And replacing water jacket freeze plug (firewall side) on 8v GTi.

 

actually i hate welding underneath a car. ignoring the pain element the sound a piece of molten metal makes as it burns its way through the lining of your ear is not pleasant.