Welcome back Chuck. I'm still around - list is pretty dead but we're all busy living life. Internet got old and we moved on I guess.
That sucks when that block breaks. I've had good success with taking a tap and threading it down there. It will leave some particles in the case, but is sure beats splitting the case. Once you've tapped all the way down, you can attempt to pry up (like vise-grips and screw drivers - GULP) or attempt to thread a bolt down there and using some bushing, flat washers, and a hex nut, you can usually extract it out of there. If it's in really tight, it might just crumble but the good news is that bakelite is softer than metal. I'd hate to run it through the engine, but if worse comes to worse, you were gonna have to tear it apart anyway right? YMMV and wait and see what others have to say before you run out and try this. NQ _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
