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On 5 Nov 2005 at 13:04, Steven Ayres wrote: > I also gather he's trying to fix it with the engine and exhaust in the > car; I'd much rather pull the motor, at the very least the exhaust and > heat exchangers, and clear some space to work. But trying to get in > there around the exhaust with an easy-out, etc. will be hard. That's pretty much what I felt also. Unless you can get a correct nut on there some way, you're probably headed for pulling the head off and taking it to a machine shop. I've done these in the car, but it's risky and hard. With the exhaust in place I'd just call it impossible. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~