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Subject:crank pulley removal
From:Craig Oda - Personal email
Date:Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:47:50 -0700

I have a 1983.5 westy with a 3 groove pulley.  As many of you know, I
am in the process of removing my cylinder heads to resolve a problem
with billowing white smoke from the exhaust.  I've got the passenger
side off.  It looks like I have to remove the crank pulley to get the
water pump off and the driver's cylinder head off.  How do I get this
pulley off?

With a 30mm socket?  How do I prevent the engine from turning when I
turn the socket.

Should I even try?  I can probably remove the metal piece that
connects to the water pump to avoid taking off the water pump.  But
since I'm this deep into the engine, I thought I would take off the
pump too.

-- Craig

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Craig Oda   craigoda@communitybuilders.info
VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic