[T3] Removing stock muffler, #2 exhaust, lower nut

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>First, the "engine builder" is a &%*&#$@ing moron!  The cooling flaps 
were locked open by pushing the horizontal actuating rod into the 
cylinder fins.  So I had to install a thermostat and housing, vertical 
actuating rod, pivot assembly, and spring.

There's no cooling tin from the fan housing to the cylinder head on the 
right side and I can't put my replacement in there until I remove the 
fan housing.  The LEFT side of the engine does have the cooling tin, 
however, it is the RIGHT side piece!  Yeah, I'm serious.  I unscrewed it 
from the upper tin and it dropped right to the ground.

In order to get those little cooling tins on I have to remove the fan 
housing.  I can't remove the generator/fan housing because the muffler 
is in the way -- the muffler HAS to be removed for me to remove all of 
the fan housings.  Okay, I have the #4 exhaust nuts removed.  I have cut 
in half the WELDED pipe that goes from the stock muffler to the stock 
heat exchangers (I'll weld flanges on later).  On the #2 exhaust I have 
the upper nut removed but, for God and Country, I cannot remove the 
lower nut, mostly because the engine hanger is in the way!!!

How in the mother-#*$&^*&^ing way am I supposed to remove this bastard 
nut?!?  Engine is still in the car and, from my perspective, doesn't 
need to be dropped.  I can't remove the engine hanger unless I remove 
the fan housings and I can't remove those until I remove the 
exhaust...which leads us back to DOH!

HELP!

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   Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
   '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top
   '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof, gas heater
   '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo II; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing
   http://www.icbm.org/
   Portland, Oregon

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