Date:         Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:21:21 -0400
Reply-To:     vw4x4@FYI.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <41701154.8010202@adelphia.net>
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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
>>
>
>