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That did the trick, well that and finding a bolt I had overlooked near the oil breather. Thanks! Louis --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 15 Jun 2005 at 6:36, Louis Brooks wrote: > > > Is there a trick to getting the fan housing apart? > I followed the > > instructions in the manual, removed the pully and > the 8 screws holding it > > together but I can seem to get the halves apart. > Tried gently prying with a > > screw driver but stoped when it started to score > the mating surface. > > Yes, these usually come apart hard because there are > 2 steel dowel pins which > align them and hold them together. Look in the > "armpits" on each side of the > housing and you'll see a larger boss on each side > where there was space for a > bolt as well as a pin, which is still there. I use a > cold chisel as a wedge and > drive it into the crack between the housing halves > in the space between the > bolt hole and the dowel. This will pull the halves > apart. Work slowly and walk > the halves apart gently with the wedge and they will > come apart with minimal > damage. Don't try to pry the halves apart anywhere > other than at these 2 bosses > or you will probably break something. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html