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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Someone put a trailer hitch on the car at one time. a good Oxy torch will loosen these up if you can get and know how to use one. Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Schroeder <schroeder@purdue.edu> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 12:07 AM Subject: [T3] Rear Bumper Mounts > Hello all, > > I'm home for a few more days from college for Thanksgiving break and I've > been working on the Squareback and I noticed something interesting that has > really frustrated me and I was wondering what the purpose of the object of > my frustration is. Well, I am trying to remove the rear bumper on my '72 > squareback so that I can get to the fender mounting screws so I can remove > the rear fenders. Here's the problem... > > In the Bentley book, it says that on each side of the rear of the car, there > are 2 bolts that hold the bumber to the car via the bumper mounts. Well, my > car has three. The first two are the ones the bentley is referring to, 2 > 13mm bolts. The third one is really tickin' me off. It's a 17mm bolt which > has a nut on the back side of it (which of course is rusted pretty tight), > and this bolt doesn't mount to the body, so to speak, but it mounts to a box > that is under the fender and is held up with 4-5 10mm bolts, confused yet? > I wish I had a digital cam to show you guys this. Basically, this "box" > seems worthless, for I've got it kind of removed (it's still connected to > the bumper mount, so I can't remove the bumper) and there's nothing behind > it (above it), expcept metal and undercoating, it's just to the rear (REAR > means REAR) of the water drain flaps. > > To keep myself from rambling on and on about this, I'm going to stop there, > I'm really frustrated with it, because i've tried everything: WD-40, heat, > cheater pipes, you name it, to get this dude off, and tomorrow I'm going to > Sears to buy a nut buster to just say "screw it" and bust it up. But I want > to know what the point of that is? Let me know if you need more description > or what, I'm going to bed, tired and mad yes, but I'll feel better tomorrow > when I give that nut what it deserves. Oh and yes, there is one of these on > both sides (and both sides are really rusted). > > Later guys, > > Jacob Schroeder > '72 Squareback > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > </x-charset>