Guys,

I got the engine in my '87 NA ready to pull, and then I created a problem for myself- the rear engine lifting hook is attached to the rotor housing by a long bolt which also attaches the rotor housing to the bell housing on the gear box. I decided that I would remove this bolt, and replace it temporarly with one just long enough to hold the lift hook to the rotor housing. In the back of my mind it occured that I should probably support the transmission with a jack, just to keep any extra stress off the bolt I was working on. Of course, I dismissed this as being unnecessary, and of course, I just about had the bolt out when I sheared it off.

What should I have done differently, and what do I now do to remove the bolt?

Jeff

 

with your hands

 

when me and wakel7 took my 88's engine out we put a different bolt though that hole and tied it to the chain from the lift.

 

On your car, the highest right bolt should not be connected to the transmission. It should lead from the engine side, threaded through the rear iron, and then through the tranny. The tranny is not threaded, and that bolt is only used to attach an engine sling, and as a locater pin for reinstallation.
If the bolt faces the same way as all the other bellhousing bolts, it is incorrectly installed.

Note: this bolt should hold on the stock engine lift point, and there is never any need to remove this bolt.