on 6/19/03 1:48 AM, Joel Walker at jwalker17@earthlink.net wrote:

>
>> come at last to my question of the day...  How the heck do you
> get the water
>> pump out of this thing???  Those bottom two hex bolts that hold
> the pipe to
>> the passenger side of the engine are buried deep and the @#$*&
> crankshaft
>> pulley is in the way... You mean I have to disassemble the
> pulley?
>
> nope. but you'll need an L-shaped allen wrench, of proper size,
> with the short leg shortened by 1/2 inch.
> otherwise, as you back out the rightmost bolt on the pump, the
> wrench hits the crankshaft pulley ... as you seem to have already
> found out. :)
>
> it can also help to remove the three bolts on the water pump
> pulley and get it out of the way ... loop the belt around the
> pulley and pull on the belt to tension the pulley so you can turn
> the bolts.
>
> you'll also need to loosen/remove the clamp on that hose/pipe
> that goes from the pump to behind the crankshaft pulley
> ....there's a clamp a the pump, and another one on the right side
> of the pulley. loosening both clamps helps a lot ... you can
> shift the pipe/hose to the right and get the pump out easier.
>
> don't forget to clean, clean, clean, the engine surface where the
> pump is going ... and use a NEW pump gasket!!
>
> good luck!
> joel
>
>
Thanks Joel... Got the pump out today without removing the crankshaft
pulley, YEAH.  So a little bit of permatex in the groove with the O rings on
the water pump??

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Dan Erlandson
Flemington, NJ
> danoer1@eclipse.net
91 VW Vanagon GL 170,000 mi
99 VW Passat 107,000 mi