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Subject:Re: Water Pump, lower bolt...
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:52:10 -0500

If you do this too often they put a sign in your yard.

Be discreet!

Jim

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Jim Cochran <mxsailor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yikes! That almost sounds pornographic.
>
> On Aug 30, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> Yes, I can tell you how it's done. I did it this morning. I took a
>> 13mm socket on a 3" extension and put enough rag in the socket that
>> the nut was flush with the socket's edge at the opening. Then I
>> smeared the front of the nut with vaseline and stuck the wasther to
>> it. I felt for the end of the stud with my fingers and pushed the
>> tight rubber hose out of the way slightly to let the socket/nut/washer
>> assembly through. I engaged the stud with the socket on the first try,
>> slipped the stubby ratchet into the extension and drove it home.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Tom Rowsell
>> <86westy@geoexploits.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Any tips for reinstalling the lower of the 3 bolts in the water
>>> pump for a
>>> 2.1 Litre ? There does not seem to be enough room between the edge
>>> of the
>>> housing to get a socket on on the nut...
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>