Gone again to Atlanta all of last week for VW Manual Transmissions.
Back now though. I agree, these are fairly straight forward, but if you don't set it up right (which can be hard, b/c they like to not put readable timing marks where you can actually see them worth a darn), you could end up with a bit of a headache.
what I'd replace:
...Timing belt
...Timing belt roller tensioner
...v-belts (while they are off, silly not to)
...Water pump, only if leaking (not driven by timing belt like the later model ones). If you replace the pump, go through a dealer and get the one with the pump housing already attatched as the little 6mm thread bolts have a nasty habit of breaking off in there when you try to loosen tem up. and, if you do that, they are Extremely hard to get out.
...If you get the pump w/ housing, you'll need the two O-ring seals, one for t-stat, one for the housing.
give me a shout on my cell. I'm averaging about two at a time right now at the house, but yours is an easy in/out in a day thing, not like some of my longer term "try to get it working again things".
cell is 423-315-0100.
