With the rear tin and muffler out of the way a half inch drive impact with a short 30 mm socket gets that bolt right out. To use a torque wrench to tighten for a manual 4th gear and the handbrake will hold it back. For an automatic placing a thick wall 13 mm socket on one of the torque converter bolts will hold it back.

Dennis

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From: Richard Koller<mailto:brvkoller@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 1:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: Gremlins

How do you guys get that pulley off? Impact wrench?
Rick Koller

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:52 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dennis,  you description sounds exactly like my problem. Oil absolutely
> everywhere. Significant oil dripping on the ground, pulley end of engine
> wet with oil, bottom wet with oil, and needless to say, rear of the van is
> sopping wet with oil.
>
> A friend here is familiar with that difficulty and is going to give me a
> hand with it on Monday. Estimated 2 to 4 hours to fix it. Not to much else
> that could put out that much oil in so short a time, it seems. Much like
> the oil loss I experienced when the oil cooler seal ruptured - oil all over
> the place!
>
> Thanks for the heads up on this. Now for sure I feel like we are going in
> the right direction!
>
> John
>
> On Mar 27, 2016 11:14, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > John,
> > Has this been figured out yet? Had one yesterday with oil slinging
> everywhere. Turned out the O-ring between the pulley and rear bearing
> thrust plate broke. This let oil run through the pulley key slot and out
> the center. Dropped the muffler with cat and the rear tin. Then removed the
> pulley replacing the seal and that O-ring. Took about 3 hours. All better.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of John Rodgers
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 9:07 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Gremlins
> >
> > I seem to have them.
> >
> > Got my 88GL back today with the new manual tranny. But guess what - got a
> serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in the
> vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the heck!).
> >
> > This really has me confounded. The last few months it's been one thing
> after another. Last time it went out the door of the shop after getting
> CV's lubed and some other things, and the brakes failed right out the front
> door of the shop. I found the problem and fixed that without further ado.
> > This time I had the tranny changed and a new clutch put in, and it works
> great, but right out of the shop Black Oil Niagra Falls starts at the
> pulley end of the engine. What the hey?
> >
> > Spent a ton, expended a lot of my own energy fixing, and I still can't
> really drive it anywhere. Back end is covered in so much oil its dripping
> off the bumper and trailer hitch!!
> >
> > Any suggestions anyone - besides driving it off into the river?
> >
> > John
>