the two piece pulley not coming off as one piece and the 6mm allen
bolts on the metal crosspipes are the real challenges @_@
definately more the 6mm allens than the pulley (I even have the
appropriate tools [sigh])

Sudhir

On 1/6/06, John Wallace <jwallace@msad43.org> wrote:
> John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> writes:
> >Anybody got a web site on the above referenced subject?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >John Rodgers
> >88 GL Driver
>
> John,
> Go to:
> http://www.benplace.com
> Ben has a great photo how-to. I just replaced mine and it went well. I did
> not have to remove the distributor or the A/C compressor. Just make sure
> you soak down nuts and bolts with Parts Blaster and give it a few days to
> work. Be patient and it wil go well. It took me a couple of days of on and
> off working on it so I wouldn't lose my patience.
>
> When you take the 3 bolts off the pulley, put a 13 mm wrench on one bolt
> and then your socket and drive on another and turn the socket until the
> other end of the wrench rests on part of the motor or whatever and it
> makes it easider to get the pulley bolts off as the pulley will want to
> move.
>
> Also, when removing the pipe from the pump that goes to the right side of
> the engine, take a 6mm allen wrench, cut it to about an inch and a half
> long, get a 6mm open end wrench, insert the allen in the allen head bolt
> on the pipe and you'll be able to put the wrench on the allen, then put a
> pipe or something over the wrench for leverage and then you can remove the
> allen bolts that way as there is little room to work. It also helps if you
> have a 6mm socket to put the allen into get the allen bolts off the bigger
> pipe that comes out the left side.
>
> I got my pump from the Busdepot. Also replace any of the rubber hoses and
> hose clamps that come off the pump. The pipe that runs to the right side
> of the engine from the pump has a short rubber hose that connects it to
> the right side. i just cut the clamps off that with a dremel tool and
> replaced the hose and clamps...don't try to save it (the rubber hose that
> is.)
>
> John
>