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On 28 May 2003 at 17:16, Edward Morris wrote: > What's the proper mm size open-end wrench for spinning the generator > pulley? Hopefully someone will know this off the top of their head. > If so, I'll stop by Sears on the way home from work. Not sure of the mm size, but 13/16" works really well. Sears has a ratcheting box end wrench that works really well here. > Muir's "large screwdriver as lever" method seems to be a crude (but > effective) way of aligning timing marks. I thought it might be easier > if spun from the gen. pulley side. I HATE this method. It rather quickly mangles the pulley housing sheet metal around the hole. I think of it as the kind of thing that a thoughtless mechanic would do to someone else's car, but never to his own. You've got the right idea. ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org