My best advice here, is to never use a lower engine stud, they break
fairly easily under this stress.  It's much better to get a longer piece of
angle iron (or 2 X 4) and bear against the ground, rather than the stud.
It's safer.  Where are you gonna get a new stud when you break the one you
have?  IMHO, even using a nut and bolt through an upper mount hole is still
better than using that lower stud.

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zoltan Kuthy" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: vw tools?

> The most simple I could come up with was; a short piece of flatbar with
> holes at each end, one hole fits the engine stud that is for the
> transmission, and the other is bolted to the flywheel, to one of the
> clutch
> bolt holes, with one of the clutch bolts, of course.  So, I carry it in my
> little fishing tool box that is loaded with all the tools you would ever
> need for fixing a Vanagon.
> This little tool works either way, to open or tighten the bolts of the
> flywheel.
> Zoltan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:31 AM
> Subject: Re: vw tools?
>
>
>>I used to do something similar, though much less stable.
>>
>> Two bolts in the flywheel, with a long bar inbetween them braced
>> against the ground.
>>
>> I like the one bolt option better!
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> wrote:
>>> In a pinch, another homebrew solution to hold flywheel is to install
>>>  a longer bolt in one of the pressure plate bolt holes.
>>>
>>>  Then find a "double box" wrench (looks something like this):
>>>  http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT?PMPXNO=1666880&PMT4NO=0
>>>
>>>  Place one end of the wrench on the longer pressure plate bolt you
>>> installed.
>>>  The other end of wrench goes on one of the bottom engine studs.
>>>
>>>  I've done this multiple times with no ill effects.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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