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Subject:Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
From:Jim Felder
Date:Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:15:24 +0000

A lot of times you can get at the edge of the head of a bolt with a chisel
and hammer a sharp barb in it to rest the chisel edge in, or a drift if it
fits better, and whang away at it.

Jim

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:33 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> That flattening is the way it's made at the factory. It's a really tight
> fit!
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dan N
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:13 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
>
> I wish I have better memory to help...
>
> about 4 years ago, on a trip to Oregon the water pump on my Suncro broke...
> Scott replaced the water pump with me as a helper... we worked for 6 hours
> straight, without removing the pulley or the muffler... I don't remember
> how we did it...
>
> today I went under the van a have a look.. I notice that the metal cross
> pipe (under the pulley) was flattened just a bit - nor even .5"..
>
> this could be your solution...
>
> please ask if you need a pic of it...
>
> dan
>