I had mine on a bench at the time when I removed the pulley, so just a
screwdriver into the impeller blades held mine. I built a bead blaster and
now it looks like new. Great fun watching the rust and crud simply
disappear in the blast cabinet. There really is a special tool for the
pulley removal job, for people looking for holiday gift ideas. It looks
like an open triangle, made of thin metal, with an offset handle on one
end. The open triangle traps the 3 bolts to hold the pulley from turning. I
think Baum Tools has it in their catalog.

At 09:13 AM 12/5/99 -0500, Karl F. Bloss wrote:
>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
>http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/
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>