The instructions at Andrew's link were very helpfull to me.  I would only
add a slight modification to them (and I would invite Andrew to perhaps add
this as an alternate method in his instructions).

Andrew suggests torquing the fan belt super tight to get the pulley nuts
loose.  Didn't work too well for me.

I found that there was just enough room to put a medium sized pipe wrench in
back of the pulley and onto the triangular flange (bracket?, what would you
call it  ?) to stop it from turning.  Both removal and replacing the pulley
was easy this way, and you don't have to go through the extra steps of
thightening the fan belt.

just my $ 0.02 worth

JGS

84 1.9L Westfalia
Bleu Schtroumpf

----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew M Fox <andrewf@HAWAII.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Water pump

> Its pretty easy.  There is a page on the web that discusses chaning the
> 1.9 L h20 pump and it is basically the same procedure. YOu can find that
> page by going to my specially indexed links page at:
> http://www2.hawaii.edu/~andrewf/vanagon/links.htm
> and then scrolling down to coolant or pressing control F and typing in
> water pump.
>
> good luck,
> Andrew FOx
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Sonia Johnson wrote:
>
> > My water pump just died, and I'm wondering if this is a straightforward
> > repair, or is there anything complex about it? I can't find anything in
> > my Bently that shows how to replace it, but there is detailed directions
> > for draining, refilling and bleeding the system. Does anyone have any
> > advise or cautions for me?
> >
> > Thanks much,
> > Sonia J
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