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Subject:Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
From:Tyler Hardison
Date:Fri, 5 Aug 2016 12:32:01 -0700

LOL.. I did gain some moderate increases in pressure, but not enough to
turn off the oil light when it gets hot.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 12:30 PM, David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not yet, but I will when I get it..should be here on Monday...
>
> By the way for all you naysayers about oil pressure- from what the GoWesty
> website says about their high volume pump- my van will actually levitate
> after I put it in...yes, tongue firmly planted in cheek...
>
> Dave
>
> > On Aug 5, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > If you read the Bentley they tell you that you can damage the crank by
> not using the 3149 to hold the pulley.
> >      I bought one one years ago when I built my 1.9 and it's been
> sitting so long I lost a piece for it.
> >       When you put the larger pump in did you check the clearance
> between the gears and the surface of the pump with a feeler gauge?
> >
> >                           Stacy
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Aug 5, 2016, at 7:42 PM, David <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> So I'm in the middle of the odyssey to remove the oil pump and to get to
> >> the thing I have to take off the crank pulley... Ha ha, Bentley
> joke...3149
> >> tool?!
> >>
> >> Ha ha trying to use an impact on that 258 foot pound bolt...
> >>
> >> Ok guys...not trying to work harder, but smarter...and you all are my
> >> brains at the moment...
> >>
> >> What have you all used? I have tons of clearance because I've taken
> >> everything out of the way...
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Dave
> >> 85 GL 1.9er...
>