on 6/19/03 9:02 AM, Samuel L. Walters at samuel.walters@verizon.net wrote:

> Dan,
>
> See the attached I culled from the archives and,
>
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine1.htm,
>
> a link to an excellent web page.  I just finished my water pump in a
> 2.1 and that one Allen bolt was the biggest difficulty.  I did not
> remove the big pulley wheel.  But I did have the belts out of the way
> and loosened an alternator bracket to allow me to reach the short hose
> that connects this pipe to the passenger side.  The behind the pulley
> Allen bolt  stripped out (after I had shortened a 6 mm Allen key) and
> someone suggested trying it with both the Allen key and vice grips, but
> it was too late for me as the Allen insides were shot.  I cut a notch in
> it with a Dremel and used an 3# steel hammer and a large chisel to
> "unscrew" it.  Replaced it with a 13mm hex head metric bolt and greased
> everything I put back together.
>
> Spray with PB Blaster first (maybe a couple of times) and let it soak.
> Good luck.
>
> New water pump and engine appear happy after a few hundred miles.
>
Thanks Samuel... I did succeed in getting the pump out today using vise
grips and hex drivers.   I think I will do the same as you did with the
metric bolt instead of the hex bolt.

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