TECH: Koni install questions

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Save your money.. instead of a pipe wrench buy a much more useful tool:
a pair of chain vice-grips. These things are tremendous! They work on
struts, exhaust, oil filters, etc.

Very cool!

-Toby

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Chris wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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