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- From: frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Engine removal in an 1977 Olds Cutlass
- Message-ID: <2809@contex.contex.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 13:10:38 GMT
- References: <Brorwo.9nJ@acsu.buffalo.edu>
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- Organization: Xyvision Design Systems
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- In article <Brorwo.9nJ@acsu.buffalo.edu> bphdarcy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (SJ Roc D'Arcy, MBP) writes:
- >I am pulling the engine out of my 1977 Olds Cutlass for the first time.
- >In disconnecting the engine from the transmission, can easily remove all
- >the bolts except the second one from the top (or bottom) on the drivers
- >side. I can not imagine how to get at this bolt as the firewall is almost
- >right up against it. I have tried five different kinds of wrenches and
- >a slew of ratchets. Has anyone else ever run into this problem and
- >if so what were their solutions.
- >
- Aaaaaahhhh yessssss. I remember this one, and I now know how to deal
- with it. Its not hard if you know the trick.
-
- There is a cutout/dent in the sheet metal of the transmission tunnel
- to deal with this problem. You need a 3/8" drive flex head 9/16
- socket and about 20" of extension. Slide under the driver's side
- door with a bright light. Get your head back to about the middle of
- the driver's door, but kinda near the tranny. Now look at the bolt.
- There it is, right through that slot in the sheet metal. It may help
- if you illuminate the bolt head from above, too. Slide the socket up
- there and crank away.
-
- I thought for a long time before I found this ( now obvious ) solution.
- Yes, its completely impossible to remove this bolt from above, at
- least with the tools I have.
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