In a message dated 12/26/04 6:46:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
hfinn@INGRATES.NET writes:

I  remember back when I was ten or eleven years old watching my father do
the  clutch on his beetle and he had a five or six foot length of   angle
iron (it may even have been scavenged from a cheap metal bed frame)  that
he'd drilled a couple holes in and bolted to the engine to keep it  from
rolling over when cranking stuff on and off. I don't recall exactly  where
he attached it, but I reckon one might be able to affix such a thing  to the
transmission mounting points on a  wasserboxer.

Your dad most likely attached the angle iron to the flywheel using the bolt
holes for the clutch cover.  Should work for the WBX too.  Have a  friend
stand on the engine block while you are removing the bolt.

Tom
Illinois