I made my own spring clamp tool out of plate steel.  Went to a VW dealer
and asked to trace outline of the two  Hazet wedge tools. Works good. I
use them with a hammer and a large pair of channel lock pipe wrench
pliers.

Gary

Dave Bayer wrote:
>
> Hello-
>         For all of you out there have pushed gas inline 4 into your vans -
> did you use an exhaust manifold that used those spring clamps to secure the
> manifold to the exhaust pipe? If so, how did you remove and replace those
> clamps?! I was told there was a special tool to do this but have not found
> anything in the three stores I have been to that act anything like what
> was described to me...
>
> dave