Tourag turbos

My mates V10 diesel VW Tourag developed an exhaust leak in the turbo/manifold area. Anyone who is familiar with these vehicles will have heard that space being so tight any work in this area involves lifting the body off the chassis - according to the workshop manual & just about anyone who has had similar problems. It seems to me that VW designed everything to be such a tight fit that the vehicles design started out as a no-compromise 4x4 5Ltr V10 chassis before being handed over to the bodyshop with the instruction to wrap the passenger cabin around the mechanicals. I had looked at the location of the turbos right at the rear of the engine pretty much down within the transmission tunnel & agreed that access looked pretty impossible & the cutting of holes from inside the vehicle to gain access to this area not viable due to the sheer amount of 'stuff' in the way. Well, my mate never shied away from a challenge in his life & only after 'developing' (angle grinder, welder, = Frankenstien tools) new tools he only went & fixed the leak. Talk about keyhole surgery!