Hi Michael:

My 79 Rabbit had the nice bolts, but the 85 Jetta had these clamps. When I ran
into this problem I had the local Midas shop change out the clamps. Of course I
was just replacing the clamps as one was about to go.

Maybe you can work something out with them?

Just my 2 cents.

By the way the Auto Zone around here will lend out tools for free. You might
want to call if they have that tool?

Regards,
--Jeff Strickrott
82 Westy, South Florida

Michael Brenner wrote:

> To All,
>
> I had so much help last time, thanks Simon and others who responded, that I
> thought I'd give it another go.
> Working on my 86 Cabriolet, and I'm trying to connect the exhaust manifold
> to the exhaust. Most normal cars do this by way of a nut and bolt
> arrangement. However this car does by way of large metal  "C" spring clips,
> with holes on the inside (for some purpose that is beyond me). After trying
> for over an hour as to figure out how to get these on, I thought I'd turn to
> "the list" to see if anyone else has ever put these back on and what is the
> proper way of doing so. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Mike Brenner
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DaveC" <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: changing girlfriend's oil
>
> > You mean her Oil of Olay? To corn oil?
> >
> > (It's *almost* Friday, isn't it?)
> >
> > Dave
> > --
> > Dave Carpenter
> >
> > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
> > magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
> >