oil pan removal - that one bolt

[Lawrence Weeks]

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
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