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Subject:Re: Replace oil filler neck - EH?
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:00:32 -0700

it's accessible.
barely.
use a good 13mm 12 point box wrench, one with a thing 'wall' , like a
snap-on.
you can barely get 1/6th of a turn each time,
and sometimes you have to flip the wrench over each time to get 1/12th of a
'grab' on the nut.
but it'll come off there.

here's a trick...........assuming you have another nut - you unscrew that
hard to access one with a small chisel and hammer.
But you can get it with a good quality box wrench.
scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 4:34 PM
Subject: Replace oil filler neck - EH?

> So I need to replace the oil filler neck as my donor engine, out of a
> Syncro, has the tall filler.
>
> Question - what's the trick?  One of the nuts is not accessible.  Am I
> missing something?  I'd rather not remove the engine carrier if I don't
> have
> to my 2.1L is already in the Westy.
>
> Chris S.