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<x-charset windows-1255>> > > Pull the boot, lock the flywheel, break the bolt loose, pull the tin and > > > outer pulley together, pull the outer fan housing, pull the fan with a > > > puller, replace the missing bolts. > > > > And R&R the muffler? > > > > Or can you leave the muffler in place if you pull the fan and fan housing > > together? > > You can get them off if you pull them out together. > Thanks everyone. After having another look, here's the gameplan: - I will remove the muffler. The advantages of it not being there far outweigh the half hour it will take me to get it off. I am not being paid a flat rate fee for doing this after all. - Then I should be able to remove the pulley housing (question: is this right?) - After the pulley housing is off I should be able to get my electric impact wrench onto the pulley bolt. According to Russ this should be able to crack the bolt open without jamming the torque converter. I would rather do this the least possible to avoid any possibility of breaking something. - Take off fan housing and fan and find out what's rattling. Do whatever needs to be done to fix it. - Put everything back together putting the muffler back on last, after the new rubber intake housing which I now need. Does this sound reasonable? I won't actually be able to do any of this until the weather improves. While I can work on the car in my new garage while it's raining, the floor still gets wet, and actually lying on my back behind the car in a pool of water for an extended period is beyond the call of duty. If I were to park the car backwards (engine towards the inside of the garage) this wouldn't be a problem, but then I'd probably need extra lighting. Daniel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </x-charset>