re: New to my BMW

["Tony Lin" <tonyplin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Liz.  Hope you enjoy your car soon.  I have the same year and model 
and *love*it.  Very economical and one that a backyard tinkerer can 
easily fix.  

RE: power steering pump pulley.  Somteimes a set of large vise grips can 
do the trick.  I have a pair that has jaws big enough to hold a 
baseball- the jaws resemble the jaw outline of a bowhead whale (i'm not 
kidding).  They sell them at home depot.  Given that your pulley is 
partly trashed, you won't have toworry about the teeth deorming the 
metal.  That may work- and you can use it to hold the water pump pulley 
too, as well as the strut cartridge retainer ring if you ever decide to 
do those jobs on your own (just be careful about the teeth).

Regards,
Tony

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