[T3] Breather box-support stand

[Jim Adney]

On 2 Jul 2015 at 10:51, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/1/2015 10:56:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> jadney at VWType3.org writes:
> 
> That  said, it's often very hard to unscrew that "nut" even when you 
> have good  access. They get cemented in there by years of accumulated 
> baked oil, etc.  I'm on my third such tool, having broken each of the  
> others.
>  
> This is where the 1 inch internal pipe wrench really helps. ;-)  

Right, I've actually got 2 tools at the moment, and one of them is 
the internal nipple wrench. The last time I used it, the nut exploded 
and destroyed the breather stand. The only thing that ended up being 
useful was the breather box.

My other tool is a large socket that I bought at Farm & Fleet 
(because they are cheap there) and modified on a mill to make it fit 
that "nut."

So far, those 2 tools have survived, although I had to re-do the 
modified socket after one of it's teeth broke off. I welded a larger 
piece of steel to the end of the socket and made teeth that extended 
inwards quite a ways, so they would be stronger.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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