[T3] 46mm Wrench to Loan?

[Jeremy Menzies]

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.  I figured it'd be a cut, heat, mangle, beat kind of job but was holding out hope that it wouldn't.  I will check w/my mechanic friend if he's got a 46mm impact, that sounds like a simple approach to cut off the old, vise it up and then hammer away w/the air gun.
Thanks also for the tool supplier ideas, I assumed that the VW wrench would be thinner to fit between the exchanger and muffler better, vs. most other open ends.  I'll have to look into other options, $21 is a good deal for a 1-2 times of use el cheapo wrench.
I also have a spare junk muffler to practice on, if I'm really feeling like a torture session.
Thanks!
Jeremy
SF, CA'71 Squareback, MT, FI

> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:45:15 -0800
> From: jacob.schroeder at gmail.com
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] 46mm Wrench to Loan?
> 
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 10 Nov 2015 at 11:36, Jeremy Menzies wrote:
> >
> >
> > Russ said that when he did this job at the VW dealership, they would
> > cut off the muffler and use a socket on a big air impact driver to
> > remove the hex. I've never tried that, because at this age I don't
> > trust the exhaust studs to hold up to that amount of stress.
> >
> >
> I went through a similar process recently when I found an engine at a local
> scrapyard which had a great set of upper HEs.  The only problem was that I
> could not break loose that big nut no matter how how I got it with a torch,
> no matter how much PB Blaster I used, and no matter how long the breaker
> bar.  What I did was took the upper HE to my mechanic, who placed it in a
> vice and used a socket on a big air impact driver to break it loose.  It
> took him about one second with that.  After getting the nut broke loose, I
> sand blasted and ceramic-coated the upper HE and it looks good as new.
> 
> Good luck!
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