Get a long (4-5 foot) piece of angle-iron stock, and drill 2 holes in it
that will line up with the bolt holes near the outer edge on the drive
plate. These are the same bolts that would secure the torque converter to
the drive plate. The iron bar will prevent the drive plate from turning
while you loosen the bolts in the center.

If they replace the bolts, then do it. Some alloys stretch when subjected to
high torque, which helps hold the fasteners tight. You can get them at the
dealer, but will probably need to order them.

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay & Kim Schmidt [SMTP:schmidt5@HSONLINE.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 4:46 PM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Help?
>
> Bentley tells me there is a seal at the flywheel end of my 1.9. Mine is
> obviously leaking and before i put the motor in the van, I'd like to
> replace
> it. Trouble is I don't have a flywheel, but a torque converter. The tc
> drive
> plate is what I need to remove, but how to lock it in place without that
> vw802 tool.
> Bentley calls for 65# and locktite on install so it won't be easy. Why do
> they specify to replace the  5 bolts anyway. These are likely unavailable.
> I
> wonder if I shouldn't just live with a leak pan on the garage floor.
> Thanks.
> Jay 84 westy that I wish were a manual.