Dan,
   just two suggestion and would like to know if
either work for you as I can only imagine doing this.
Pipe is bad so perhaps cut it so you can turn it and
the bolt?????   Impact wrench on the bolt using
something with a bit of grip, small socket or phillips
head?  terrible way to spend the 4th, regards gary
Date:    Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:33:09 -0400
From:    Daniel Erlandson <danoer1@ECLIPSE.NET>
Subject: Metal coolant bypass pipe

Well... Tried to fix the pin hole leak, but it was on
the corner of the
pipe and maybe there was more than one, but for
whatever the reason I
couldn't stop the drip, so with the part arriving
today from Ken and
borrowing a car from a friend for my wife,  I decided
to take the
plunge.  Everything went fine... drained the coolant,
detached all of
the rubber hoses that attach to this beast, got the
top hex bolt off,
and then the bottom hex bolt which attaches this pipe
to the water pump
wouldn't come off.  The hex socket just spun...rounded
corners inside
the hex bolt... blame myself for not being more
careful last year when
I did a head gasket job and taking the time, spending
the $ to replace
this damn thing, (did the water pump, but no, I had to
reuse this
rusted pipe...smart...anyway...  I've pulled off the
belts and pulley
for the water pump to see if I could get a vise grip
on the bolt, I can
(barely) but can't move it.  Thinking I might try
grinding the head
off, but it looks like my 4 1/2 " angle grinder is too
big.  Maybe
drilling the head off from the side?  I did try
knocking a 1/4" hex
socket into the head of the 6mm (I think) allen bolt,
but it just
seemed to spin as well.  Any suggestions?  I'm done
for the day and
will make another attempt tomorrow after work.

Dan Erlandson

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