Well, folks,

I made some small progress with the top two nuts on the oil pump. I was able
to reach a 13 mm open end wrench in there from the back and tweak it a bit
with a pliers holding the other end. But not much torque in there. I may
have to sacrifice a wrench by grinding down the sides but that will reduce
the wrench strength which is not meant for that kind of torque.

Maybe the tiny tweak I gave those top two nuts will suffice. The next few
days driving will tell the tale. I washed off the oil to clean her up and
make future oil leaking detectable.

If anyone else has any ideas or has done this please tune in. My instinct
tells me Stan Wilder, Mark or Ben  have the kind of creative mind to figure
this out.

What a lousy VW design for an oil pump nut accessability feature.

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE