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On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 10:18, Aaron Clow wrote: > > > > > Kevin, I'm sure you've caught on to this, but just > > to be on > > the safe side... This pull will be more like the '71 > > bus than the > > '65, since your squareback doesn't have a frame horn > > for the tranny. > > So, you'll have to support the transmission > > independently when you > > remove the engine. > > Russ' "wire coathanger" trick worked excellent for > this in my case... > Gotta recycle those coat hangers. His isn't an automatic like yours, so the coat hanger thing doesn't work as well. > Also, I don't know if anyone has an easier way of > removing the top left engine/tranny bolt on the late > models. It was the biggest pain in the a$$ on the > whole project for me. > A long extension and a 17mm (11/16") flex socket works great there. You are talking about the side that has the nut pressed into the case?? -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org