Daves tool is great. (water pump wrench)

Fitted a cam belt to the Golf tonight, anyone who has tackled this job on a mk2 will have cursed those 3 x 6mm allen bolts that secure the water pump pulley.

If you haven't... you need to remove the WP pulley to allow the lower half of the timing belt cover to be removed.

Dave2227 Has been producing a replica of the VW special tool that holds the 3 bolt heads in position whilst you undo them. Works a treat!!



Edited by: GVK

 

i really needed that tool ....in 1999!... when i rounded out 2/3 of the bolt heads , grrr

 

Orrrr you could undo them using a 6mm hex socket on a buzz gun Come on Gary, you know air tools had to be the solution

 

My solution is a mole grip, worked on the 88 auto, hope it works on the GTD tomorrow

 

Not much room to work with an air gun I would have thought with engine in position.
Good to see it has been of good use Gary.
Your commission cheque has been posted

 

good idea to replace em with stainless ones while youre at it

 

'get' riley with his stainless bolts!

 

Unless you take the wing off, you can't get a buzz gun in there

 

That said I remove the pump first as the crank/water pump/alt belt is tensioned by the alt and the crank/water pump/PAS pump belt is tensioned by the PAS pump.

 

Removed which pump, water pump? To do a cam belt?

 

so thats what that tool does!

I've always used the mole grips & brute force method

I'll have to think about investing after the summer!

watch Dave's sales shoot up

 

I used to use mole grips to stop the pulley turning, prolly why I used to get through accessory drive belts like they're going out of fashion

 

No remove water pump to replace waterpump, twat of a job to do on a 1.6 IDI TD

 

Ahh gotcha

 

ive always wedged a flat screwdriver inbetween 1 bolt and the center of the pulley,dont remove fully so you can wedge between for the last one if ya get me

what a feckin stupid way!

ps:you wanna try replacing the pump on a g60 [:^(] fecking knightmare! having to remove charger etc to do it.

editics added!
what a great simple idea!
Edited by: riley

 

I havent tried doing the cam belt yet as I need a bosch ve diesel pump locking tool as the ve pump runs off the cam belt, unlike the ford 1.8D's that run a seperate belt, the only pic of a VE locking tool I've seen showed the end that sticks out the pulley which looked like a spinny bit at the end of a micrometer.

VW tool No. 2064 (T02 064 000 00 ZEL)
and VW tool 2065A used to lock camshaft,
and vw tension guage VW210 (TV0 210 000 00 ZEL)

 

to remove the water pump on a IDI diesel you practically have to remove the diesel pump, which theres no way I'm going to touch, as these a huge cast iron alt cradle that the water pump bolts go through, the two top bolts are a mare to remove, the left one needs a 13 mm socket on a uj, and I hate using uj's and the right one needs grille, slampanel, bumper and rad removing then dipstick removing and bracket bending out the way, then a deep offset, swan neck or obstruction 13mm spanner to remove the bolt

 

In the past I just put some hand pressure to tighten the grip on the alternator belt, works for me

Still a handy tool to have in ya box tho

 

Thats well cool - Dave, I would like one - how much etc ?

Cheers

Rob