Re: quick jobs, that's true enough, Scott! I seem to forget it after not
doing any maintenance for a couple months. Yep, I sprayed pblaster on it
first. But I'll give the channel lock pliers route a try - I won't worry
about destroying the mount as they are cheap enough, and clearly this job
ain't getting done today.

thanks,
Peter

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:

>  see if there is a metal part of the rubber mount that you can grab with
> a pliers...like a channel lock pliers.
> that's what I find in those rubber mounts..
> the nut is on a stud, that is part of a the metal end of the rubber
> mount.
>  hold that part from spinning ..it should come apart.
>
> you sprayed with penetrating oil on the nut first, of course, right ?
> I never touch any fastener on a vanagon without spraying some juice on it
> first.
>
> there are no 'quick jobs' to do things really right.
> Every single thing I go to do on a vanagon turns into 4 more things at
> least, without exception.
> The vans are 25+ years old...
> that's a lot of time for corrosion and neglect to do their thing.
>
> Scott
>
>
>  On 11/23/2013 3:03 PM, Peter DiFalco wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to put a new fuel pump on and my roadblock is this: the nut securing the fuel pump bracket to the rubber mount just spins in place, and it seems to be the only nut I have access to with the hand tools I have. I'm not terribly mechanically inclined so I have no idea how I'm going to get that nut off, or get the fuel pump out. Any help appreciated. This was supposed to be a quick job and I'm already losing the sunlight. :/
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
> '89 Bluestar
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