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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I also have a spare junk muffler to practice on, if I'm really feeling like a torture session.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br>Jeremy<br>SF, CA<div>'71 Squareback, MT, FI</div><br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:45:15 -0800<br>> From: jacob.schroeder@gmail.com<br>> To: type3@vwtype3.org<br>> Subject: Re: [T3] 46mm Wrench to Loan?<br>> <br>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:<br>> <br>> > On 10 Nov 2015 at 11:36, Jeremy Menzies wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Russ said that when he did this job at the VW dealership, they would<br>> > cut off the muffler and use a socket on a big air impact driver to<br>> > remove the hex. I've never tried that, because at this age I don't<br>> > trust the exhaust studs to hold up to that amount of stress.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> I went through a similar process recently when I found an engine at a local<br>> scrapyard which had a great set of upper HEs. The only problem was that I<br>> could not break loose that big nut no matter how how I got it with a torch,<br>> no matter how much PB Blaster I used, and no matter how long the breaker<br>> bar. What I did was took the upper HE to my mechanic, who placed it in a<br>> vice and used a socket on a big air impact driver to break it loose. It<br>> took him about one second with that. After getting the nut broke loose, I<br>> sand blasted and ceramic-coated the upper HE and it looks good as new.<br>> <br>> Good luck!<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20151111/1599ebb9/attachment.htm><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org<br>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:<br>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org<br>> If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org<br></div></div> </div></body>
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