Wastegate Diaphragm R&R--stuck nut!

[Wallace White]

Glad you got it, Mike!

For the record, I took my WG completely out. The underside had a
coin-type slot (not flat-bottomed), for which I ground down my draglink
socket. Everybody's got a draglink socket lying around from the time
they rebuilt their power steering pumps, right?

- Wallace
  '87 5kcstq 179k

Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:
>
> Jim Green wrote:
> >
> > Yes, there is a slot on the bottum, but I found it
> > useless.  Try some different size screwdrivers, you
> > want to get one that really wedges in there, and kind
> > of bites the two surfaces.  It took me three different
> > screwdrivers before I found a match.
> > Jim
>
> Thank you Jim! With that added encouragement I tried again prying
> upwards with a screwdriver and got it! Did not need to remove the WG
> after all (phew). Car is back together now with boost back under the
> control of the spring and ECU as it should be. Thank you for the post!
>
> Mike Veglia
> Motor Sport Visions Photography
> http://www.motorsportvisions.com