I'm having an absolute ball ache fitting a new -34 actuator to my series 2 in direct replacement of my knackered -34.

I've set the waste gate rod closed and lined up the actuator arm so that it is roughly about 3-4mm shorter. i.e if you look through the hole on the actuator arm you can just about see a half moon shape of the waste gate rod.

Problem is I can't for the life of me stretch the arm over the wastegate rod as there is way too much tension - I can barley budge it.

Any one have any easy ways of doing this?? I did think about removing the pipe from the actuator and forcing air to a certain pressure to enable me to slip the arm over the rod easily. Problem is however I cannot find an adapter that will fit my pump (dont have a compressor) and that would also be compatiable with the size of the intake pipe on the actuator rod.

Anybody have any suggestions - Im at my wits end and my hands are covered battered and brusied from the pleasure of mole grips slipping off the actuator arm.