well...........
it didn't occur to you to lower the radiator a little bit ?
you just support the radiator carefully from below, remove the brackets, or
even just loosen them.........
let it slip down half an inch ..........etc.
There is often more than one way to do many things.

I've also never had a real reason to fill the radiator that way.
Sure, the cooling system needs to be bled 'mostly'..........but it's not
hard or hyper critical or anything like that.
I've changed whole engines on hundreds of vanagons and at times  either not
bled, or only basically bled the cooing system and it was fine.
Not that I take sort cuts or am sloppy.............I'm just telling you
...........bleeding is not this hyper critical thing that has to be 1000 %
perfect thing or it can't work..........it's not like that at all.  If
everything is working like it should..........even casual bleeding is
adequate most of the time.

if there's any indication that it's not working right, and you think it's
lack of 110 % extra thorough bleeding...........
especially at this time of the year..................that's not it.
Something else is wrong.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:38 AM
Subject: Removing radiator bleeder screw

> Trying to remove the bleeder screw, my idea being I want to pour coolant
> into the radiator from the bleeder vent.  But, I cannot get the screw
> all the way out, it is obstructed by the support bracket above it.
>
> Is the screw ordinarily removable?  All I can think to do is grind away
> part of the bracket, if I want to pursue this.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL