Les et all,

I think it took me 20mins to get 1 stuck cat nut off,  ended up
rounding it out, BUT vise grips played a key role in this I live
in Calie and parked my van to rip the heads off and do some other
work. Rain gods please have mercy on me. :) * I will cover everything
up so I can take my time. So my leaker is parked waiting $/time.
might take a couple months if the $$ does'nt come in.

just take your time and have fun doing it thats my tip, plus everyone
on the list/pages has tons of info. VW's are fun to work on but also
can piss ya off real eazy ;) catch 22 deal

good luck
Joe

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----         Les Shiaman <lamusicamellama@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> Listees -
>
> I sincerely appreciate your comments and suggestions for doing the
> work.
> I am assuming it needs to be done (either heads or gaskets) on my westy,
> but plan to take it to an expert for an opinion first.  I feel like
> I
> will eventually go through with it on my own --- I guess I am in the
> research stage.  Though I live in a temperate climate, it rains a lot
> here (redwood coast -- California)for the next 5 months, so I may wait
> until spring and even then I'll do my best to keep the elements away
> from
> any exposed parts.  Maybe I'll spend a couple months working the exhaust
> bolts as some have suggested takes time and patience.  I am slowly
> gaining the knowledge and courage to take on this problem, so I may
> as
> well take another step and get some verification.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Les
> 84 Westy
> 1.9L wbx 80k miles
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