

| Subject: | Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen |
| From: | Roy Nicholl |
| Date: | Fri, 31 Jul 2015 09:45:10 -0300 |
I presume the "wobble" extension is similar to a flex socket (looks like a small CV joint)? If so, I have a set of standard & metric in both 3/8" and 1/2", but have never seen a 1/4" set. On 31-Jul-2015, at 00:18, Neil N 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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