JimCub48 wrote:The oil pan has 16 bolts that need to be taken out to remove the oil pan , 4 bolts hold the clutch housing cover. After you get it off make sure you get the pan sealing surface flat to get a good seal with your new gasket.
charlesellis wrote:I'm a bit confused (my default state): I removed all the bolts JimCub48 mentioned...All 4 in rear screw into nuts that hold the thin metal piece in place.. Are there more to remove? NJFarmer writes of 3 bolts in the rear that screw into an aluminum housing. Is that in addition to the 4 JimCub48 mentions? What can be holding the pan on at the rear?
Clemsonfor wrote:Don McCombs wrote:Please tell us the details. After you took out the 16 bolts in the pan and the 4 bolts in the flywheel cover, what was keeping the pan from dropping?
The rear 3 bolts in the pan. He hadn't taken those out.
Apparently, not.
