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Re: [T3] generator pulley - mm wrench size?


Can't be done on my engine (8:1 compression if it matters).  I use a 30mm
socket on the end of an extension on a 1/2", long ratchet with a folding head
(head can be angled 0 to 90 degrees).

     Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing
     http://www.icbm.org/
     Portland, Oregon

----- Original Message ----- 
> I cannot understand why others can't just turn the pulley by hand with the
belt.
> Have I got exceptionally low compression or something?  If so, it starts
well,
> works well, and gives excellent gas mileage.  (I can't do it on the 10:1 CR
of
> the Polo though).
>
> Muir's large screwdriver has also wrecked more fan pulley sheet steel than
any
> other system!

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