Throttle Shaft Leak Repair - A Question....

[Frank06]

'86 1.6 Jetta with leak around the throttle shaft.  I've removed the *@#&*!* springs and started to push the shaft out through the cover, hoping to see the o-ring.  It seems to be binding a bit on something and I'm not sure how to proceed.  There is some sort of vertical shaft at the rear of the pump with a spring that doesn't let me tip the cover very much to investigate.  Can I remove this?  (What is it anyway?)

Tips, hints, advice, etc. appreciated!

Frank

[745 turbogreasel]

http://www.vwdieselparts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6694&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0  Toward the bottom of this post are some pics of what is in there.
Is yours a turbo pump?
this is the o-ring

[Frank06]

It's a normally aspirated engine.  It sounds like if I remove the vertical shaft on the engine side of the pump that I should be able to remove the cover away from the shaft and access the o-ring.  Does this sound right?  (Thanks for the picture.)   

[745 turbogreasel]

You push the shaft into the cover as you pull the cover away from the pump.
then you can unhook the governor.
it is a fiddly proceedure.

[Frank06]

OK thanks - do you know what function the vertical shaft serves?  That seems to be making it hard to tip the cover.  Maybe I just have to try harder....   

[wolf_walker]

That thing has the cold start raise the idle linkage on the backside of the pump don't it?  There is a spring and some other stuff in there under the cover if so making it harder to remove.  You can unhook it somehow, can't remember off hand.

[Frank06]

I wonder?  The cold start has been disconnected so maybe I don't even need it...   

[burn_your_money]

Cold start advance and fast idle are two very different things.