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Subject:Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
From:Angus Gordon
Date:Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:08:42 -0700
A wobble extension is not the same as a universal-joint, it's much more useful.

Wera Zyklop 8794 A Wobble extension, Square drive 1/4" Head x 56mm Extension <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003GDIRG2/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_i44UvbSK897VJ>

You should definitely budget more than 3.5 hrs to change the water pump.

Angus

> On Jul 31, 2015, at 6:26 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> 
> James,
> 
> I went searching on-line and found that Sears (craftsman) and Snap-on, both offer 1/4" flex sockets ... no one around here actually seems to stock them.
> 
> On 31-Jul-2015, at 10:18, James wrote:
> 
>>> Do they make a 1/4" wobble extension?
>> 
>> You mean, like this Gray?
>> http://shopgraytools.com/collections/1-4-drive-hand-socket/products/1-4-drive-12-point-universal-joint-socketsstandard-length
>> 
>> James
>> Ottawa, ON
>> 
>>> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:18:42 -0700
>>> From: musomuso@GMAIL.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> 
>>> 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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