I've only done that job once but IIRC, tools that helped:

belt wrench for pulley removal
http://www.harborfreight.com/2-pc-rubber-strap-wrench-set-69373.html
slightly shortened Allen (hex) wrench for at least one of the bolts to
big steel coolant pipe.
1/4" extension + socket may reach into the lowest pump nut.
3/8"  "wobble" extensions. (Great to have regardless)

Do they make a 1/4" wobble extension?

Neil.

Neil.

On 7/30/15, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Well, I'm doomed to spend an afternoon then ... as a longtime air-head, VW
> water pump replacement is something at which I am definitely not practiced.
> Though I have changed water pumps on marine diesels in my youth - bigger and
> heavier, but much easier to get at them.

--
Neil n

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