oil pan removal - that one bolt

[David Pertuz]

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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