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Subject:Removing water pump pulley
From:Karl F. Bloss
Date:Sun, 5 Dec 1999 09:13:07 -0500

I'm in the process of taking the 2.1 engine apart and I'm down to the water
pump.  Haynes has a single instruction for taking the 3 pulley bolts out that
basically says "do it."

Is there a trick to binding up the water pump so I can get those rusty bolts
off?  I hosed 'em in penetrant, so maybe they'll be better today.

I already broke the plastic handle on the screwdriver I jammed in there (no
worries...it's a Craftsman...it'll get traded in).

-Karl

Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 Westfalia Weekender  "Beverley" - 190K miles
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