Seriously? Boy-howdy, there sure isn't much room between the bolt head
and the exhaust pipe. I'll see if Sear (1/2mi from here) has anything
thin-walled in a 13mm.

So, if I am reading this correctly, the approach is to PB Blast the
thing, let it soak, then get a good wrench on the bolt head and apply a
whole lot of pressure.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR

vw4x4@fyi.net wrote:

> A GOOD box wrench will fit.  Junk tools break easy.  Cheaper
> to make them fat, rather than harding them.
>                             Eric
>
> Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> Some clarification: the bolt I am having trouble with is page 26.7 in
>> Bentleys Vanagon book. Upper right corner of picture, passenger side
>> front exhaust flange. (Actually I need to remove the lower bolt -- not
>> shown -- from the flange.)
>>
>> I can't get a box wrench over it, only an open-end wrench or a socket at
>> a slight angle. The exhaust pipe is in the way.
>>
>> I'll bet someone knows the secret technique for sweet-talking that
>> bolt off.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to pull the bottom cover off the passenger side of this 1.9L
>>> WBX engine so I can determine if a coolant leak is coming from the
>>> head.
>>> It is affixed to the engine in four places. I've gotten three loose,
>>> but
>>> the front (front is front) where it mounts to the exhaust port with a
>>> bolt is being tough. I have PB Blasted the bolt and let it soak, but it
>>> won't budge. All I can get on it is a 13mm open-end wrench . . . tips?
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
>>> KG6RCR
>>>
>>
>>
>
>