John, everyone else, thanks for the suggestions.
A couple of cases of beer and just over 2 days later, I have finished the swap.
(still have to bleed the system, but that can wait till tomorrow when
I'm not so sussed. :D )
In the words of someone else, "good fight, goodnight"
Sudhir

On 1/19/06, John Wallace <jwallace@msad43.org> wrote:
> Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> writes:
> >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
> >
> Make sure you go to an auto parts store and ask for "Parts Blaster". It's
> a spray can of penetrating oil thgat has a capillary action so it creeps
> into the threads.
>
> The pulley on the pump has three 13 mm bolts. the pulley is actually two
> pieces a front and a back to make up the pulley. Make sure you soak those.
>
> Soak down the allen bolts too. I sprayed mine several times a day for
> several dayts to let it work. Try tighening/loosening or just back and
> forth to try to loosen them up and respray and let soak.  It you can try
> tapping them with a hammer to possible loosen the threads to let the PB
> soak in.
>
> Then try it again.
>
> John
>
>