I just slice the little hose and replace when re-assembling,Wes.  Now is the
time to renew it, while you have the @!@$%  water pump out of the way.
Life's too short!

Jake

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Pegden" <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: more trouble with metal pipe to thermostat...

> I went out today to make some progress on my thermostat housing removal,
> armed with the good advice people I've received from people.  I've
> removed both bolts which hold the thermostat to the water pump, and
> removed all hoses except the metal pipe and the short stubby hose
> (that's 2" long).  Even though I now see that the metal pipe will pull
> right out, I can't figure out how to get either of these off with the
> other one in place: I have to slide the thermostat to the left to get
> out the pipe, but can't because of the short stubby hose, and need to
> slide the thermostat towards the back to get it free of the short stubby
> hose, but can't because of the metal pipe.  What am I missing?
>
> Thanks very much,
> Wes
> '84 1.9l  (manual)
>
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