Fw: undoing high pressure pump->bomb HP hose's banjo bolt (Brett Dikeman)

[rob hod]

    Re-sending, 'cos I  bo$$ocked up the subject line last time

rob
----- Original Message -----
From: rob hod <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: undoing high pressure pump->bomb HP hose's banjo bolt (Brett
Dikeman)



>     Brett,
>     Not sure what you're car is , 200q20v?, but on my simple old '88 100
na
> , I could have got a 14mm ring spanner onto it if I had one, but mislaid
it.
> What I was able to do was to loosen the nuts on the central connector in
the
> pipe (don't know if your car will have one!) and then having disconnected
> the other end from the pump, and the other line and mount from the bomb I
> was able to withdraw the bomb from below with the entire line still
> connected. Took a bit of twisting of the pipe via the loosened central
> connector.  After that it was easy to put the old bomb in the vice and use
a
> snug fitting socket to crack the (quite corroded) bolt.
>
>     YMMW , HTH.
>
> rob