Yes, and I actually had to stand on my tipie-toes and contort one finger to get that front bolt in the slave cylinder when replacing it. Other than that, fantastic!
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Daniel  - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:22 pm
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, wetwesties <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>, courtney hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>

> that's why I never ever *touch* any old air-cooled Bus ..
> they suck to work on, working on your knees, ducking under the
> engine door ..
> etc.
> On a vanagon ..they 'did it right' ..
> nice big fat engine cover and opening ..you are looking down at
> everything right in front of you ..
> super nice.   ( though they lost it about ease of
> replacing the water pump with engine in situ. )
>
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: courtney hook
>   To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; wetwesties
>   Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:51 PM
>   Subject: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a
> waterboxer. :-)
>
>
>
>   OK, after working on a 84 WBX engine for the last few
> days I don't wanna hear anymore snivelling about access to
> things like the alternator or general engine work compared to my
> 77 Westy India rubber man contortionist engine access. :-)
>   I'm gettin' me a WBXer man!
>   Courtney
>
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