TECH: Koni install questions

[vze28h54 at verizon.net (Chris)]

A 24" pipe wench, I mean wrench is the hot ticket.  After wasting a whole 
lot of energy through several replacements, I finally got the 24" pipe 
wrench and 3 ft long piece of pipe (1" ID fit my wrench) as a backup.  The 
wrench by itself was plenty.  The cap unscrewed with no trouble. The 
solution was so simple.  Makes you want to kick yourself  for not getting 
one sooner. A quality wrench was $50 at Home Depot or Lowe's, a no name 
import was $25.  They were out of the good ones so I got Mr Noname.  It 
worked. (If you want to impress all your friends, get a Rigid Model 
848  48" pipe wrench (Aluminum) - just to hang on the wall.  I'm pretty 
sure it is guaranteed to ward off burglars.

Chris

PS a little penetrating oil, Liquid Wrench, etc. probably helps.

At 12:25 PM 03/18/2004 +0000, C Boyko wrote:
>Thanks guys, it's just that collar that worries me, but we'll see. Pat's 
>site looks helpful too, thanks Pat. I'm not worried about getting the 
>strut out of the car (as I said, I learned how to screw that up royally 
>when I did the headache's) , it's replacing the insert that I wasn't that 
>clear on. I'll keep you posted on my progress, seems I have a few other 
>things occupying my time, but I'm aiming for finishing in the next two or 
>three days. That usually works out to weeks...hopefully it doesn't dip to 
>like -20, this snow thing is nuts.