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Subject:Re: dropping the engine, 81 air cooled
From:neil
Date:Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:44:16 -0700
On 6/28/07, Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@nd.edu> wrote:

>
> My biggest piece of advice is be sure to get the CV bolt heads very clean
> before trying to remove.  Stripped CV bolts are PITA.

And too that I might add; make sure you use the correct tool for the
bolts. I recently dropped an AC engine/tranny and in my hurried-haste
(was in someone elses shop) and using bad lighting, I used an allen
head on a star head bolt. Stripped it real good. ViceGrips got it out
though.

Neil.

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

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