Yes you could do it that way I would probably remove the crankshaft pulley
if I remember 30 mm socket and a good impact gun and you should have pretty
good access and the hose would be 1 in. when replacing. A trick with rounded
Allen heads take a Torx socket and hammer it in and 90% of the time the
rounded Allen comes right out.

Eric Ley
Garage Mechanic ELM
2001 Demers Franklin, Qc
1985 Whitey VW 1.9 Man
1985 Goldilocks subi power Auto

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From: "Steven Shelton" <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 4:38 PM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      1.9L Hose Replacement

> I'm getting some seepage from the short water hose that connects the metal
> pipe that goes from below the water pump across the engine to a metal
> right-angle pipe near cylinder #2.  Since I'm replacing the motor mounts
> and have the muffler, cat, and heat shield out, this should be easy,
> right?
> The problem is that I still can't get to one of the bolts on the pipe at
> the bottom of the water pump.  It's just enough behind the crankshaft
> pully
> that I can't get to it.  Tom's VW page says use a 12-mm wrench; I'm not so
> lucky.  My bolts are Allen head.  I thought I got an Allen wrench on the
> bolt, but when I turned it it just rounded out the inside of the bolt
> head.
> At this point is it possible to remove the water pump with the pipe
> attached so I can get to that bolt?
>