Seriously? Boy-howdy, there sure isn't much room between the bolt head and the exhaust pipe. I'll see if Sear (1/2mi from here) has anything thin-walled in a 13mm. So, if I am reading this correctly, the approach is to PB Blast the thing, let it soak, then get a good wrench on the bolt head and apply a whole lot of pressure. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)" KG6RCR
vw4x4@fyi.net wrote: > A GOOD box wrench will fit. Junk tools break easy. Cheaper > to make them fat, rather than harding them. > Eric > > Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > >> Some clarification: the bolt I am having trouble with is page 26.7 in >> Bentleys Vanagon book. Upper right corner of picture, passenger side >> front exhaust flange. (Actually I need to remove the lower bolt -- not >> shown -- from the flange.) >> >> I can't get a box wrench over it, only an open-end wrench or a socket at >> a slight angle. The exhaust pipe is in the way. >> >> I'll bet someone knows the secret technique for sweet-talking that >> bolt off. >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)" >> KG6RCR >> >> >> >> >> Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to pull the bottom cover off the passenger side of this 1.9L >>> WBX engine so I can determine if a coolant leak is coming from the >>> head. >>> It is affixed to the engine in four places. I've gotten three loose, >>> but >>> the front (front is front) where it mounts to the exhaust port with a >>> bolt is being tough. I have PB Blasted the bolt and let it soak, but it >>> won't budge. All I can get on it is a 13mm open-end wrench . . . tips? >>> Suggestions? >>> >>> -- >>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >>> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)" >>> KG6RCR >>> >> >> > > |
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