oil pan removal - that one bolt

[David Pertuz]

Thanks, Larry. Won't hurt to try. I can just barely get my 12mm ratcheting
box-end wrench (not offset) on there, but I can't get enough motion on it
to loosen the bolt. If the driveshaft were out it would be easy, but taking
the driveshaft out, draining and refilling the trans, etc. (none of which I
otherwise need to do) just for one damn bolt is a lot of unnecessary work
if I can avoid it. I can't remember whether the driveshaft can be separated
at the center bearing or not.

I can pop up there next Saturday....

Saw some convention photos and it sure is nice to look at some of those
sparkly-clean cars.

David


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Lawrence Weeks <lweeks at anabasis.net> wrote:

> David, I have an offset 12/14 box end wrench. If you think that'll
> help, you can drive that convertible up to our place.
>
> Larry
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:44 AM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Exactly :) I can fit a socket on it, but I can't fit anything else on
> top of
> > it. I have a 1/4" drive U-joint and extension, so if I can find my 1/4"
> > drive 12mm socket it sounds like I'll be set.
> >
> > The only other time I did this job the engine was upside down on a
> stand, so
> > I probably just used a box-end wrench. But I'm already committed to
> leaving
> > it in the car for this one.
> >
> > When I got to this bolt and realized I didn't have a tool to remove it, I
> > decided it was a good time to stop working and take my convertible for a
> > drive :)
> >
> > David
> > Chicago
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:30 AM, <wc701lists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 6/9/2013 3:31 PM, David Pertuz wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Loosened all the upper pan bolts, then counted them and checked against
> >>> the FSM and yep, I missed that one that is tight up against the
> >>> driveshaft center support bearing. Now how do you get at that guy? I
> >>> can't get a socket on there (the socket will fit, but nothing else
> >>> will), and I can't even loosen it with a ratcheting box end wrench. 1/4
> >>> drive socket n u joint? Something else? This is the one that is sort of
> >>> tucked above the flared mounting surface for the lower pan.
> >>
> >>
> >> Been a long time, but remember hating that little bitch. A socket with
> >> u-joint was too tall to get in. I have a lone swivel joint 1/4" drive
> metric
> >> socket in 10 or 12mm (what ever those bolts are) that was purchased for
> the
> >> task.
> >>
> >> It's possible! Hang in there. Try to think of it as a positive excuse to
> >> acquire new tools.
> >>
> >> -Wayne
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> Lawrence Weeks                                    lweeks at anabasis.net
> Anabasis Consulting Ltd
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