

| Subject: | Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:35:37 +0000 |
Yep. Go to Harbor Freight. They all wobble. Jim On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:19 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> >
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