Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1998 17:29:51 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87GL rebuild update (attempt #2)
Comments: To: akimmons@PDQ.NET
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM

Tony;
I had two kids stand on a 4' steel bar bolted to the flywheel, my wife
stood on the engine and I jumped on a 6' cheater pipe attached to the
breaker bar to get that #$%^&* pulley bolt off! It is NOT left handed,
just tight.I think you are right,you must remove the  pulley and fly
wheel to split the case.
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86crewcab(Bessie);85 GL(Elvis)
Ginsberg's Restatement of the Three Laws of Thermodynamics:
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quit.

On Sun, 23 Aug 1998 13:26:42 -0500 Tony Kimmons <akimmons@PDQ.NET>
writes:
>Hey folks...
>Trying to split the case today on my 87GL......Any suggestions on how to
get that bolt off. I'm using a 30mm socket and a 18" breaker bar....
>I don't have the tool that the Bentley suggests you get...
>Any chance that this is a Left-Handed bolt?
>What do you run into if you crack the case and leave the pulley and the
clutch in place? Or can you... it looks like there is a case bolt
>under the flywheel??
>
>So should I put a big piece o pipe on my breaker bar and get my fat
>friend to sit on the engine or what?
>
>Any suggestions more than welcome! These are such beautiful cars...
>I really need to keep this one going.
>

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