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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.
> 
> 
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