it's a pain in the ***. i can't get enuf torque on it to budge it. no room for air tools either. anytips will be appreciated. kven

 

do you mean the bolts that hold the bell housing to the motor?

 

Hi Kevin!
Take a long extesnion with a swivel and lay underneath the car. It helps if you have a buddy to guide you from up top onto the bolt(s). Twist it until it breaks lose.
Chris

 

Take the engine/tranny out together

Why not? Great time to change those broken motor mounts!

 

hey chris, what's up buddy? how are you va beach guys doing? did you guys ever find out why the cym never boosted over 10 psi? i m running a single turbo now and smoked my clutch. when are you guys having another meet. kvn

 

fd3virgin,

You can get them from the top if you use a short, open-end 14mm wrench. Then just use a slender bar on the wrench to break them loose. Once loose, you can usually back them out with your fingers.

If you can pull the UIM off, that will give you a little extra room.

 

thanks, i will be at it again today kvn

 

I used a wrench from the top but the guys at Gotham used a 3 foot long extension and an impact wrench from the bottom with no problem.

 

have someone (or a jack) push up on the rear end of the tranny (tilting the motor fwd) this will give you critical inches.

Then I used a wrench and through a large impact deep well that fit over my wrench and an 12" extension into the deep well socket give you that added leverage.

 

thanks guys. i just used a small wrench and a lot of pb blaster and came right off after a little struggle. now off to tackle the seperation. kvn