Any one know a good way to remove them? Trying to finish up this engine swap and didn't know this was a part of it lol


A 3/8 socket won't fit through there so I'm assuming it should go through here
But I can't get the socket to stay on and also why the hell is everything so sharp in here I've cut myself twice lol

 

There's a little cover plate on the bottom that's held in with a single bolt, 14mm I think, take it off and you can rotate to access the 4 bolts holding the drive plate (flex plate), flywheel, torque converter.

 

Yup I made it that far but figured out that an angled box wrench might be my only option and of course I don't have one lol. Gonna grab one in the morning and get started again. It's coming along nicely

 

The access plate for it allows DIRECT access for a socket so you can properly torque it. It's right in the middle of the engine block iirc.

 

Really? Gimme a few and I'll go check the engine and I'll try to find it. I really didn't see anything. I took of the access panel that was held on by bolts and I still can't fit a socket through the opening. Gimme a few moments and I'll update

 

I'll see if I can dig up a picture from the FSM.

EDIT:

http://www.nicoclub.com/service-manu...6_G35_Coupe/at

Page 254, step 13. It's not the one on the side with the two bolts it's the one in the middle with a single bolt.

 

Holy crap that's freaking awesome! Thanks man! I will be saving this as well

 

Hmmmmm now to find that plate lol.

 

Yeah the first time I tried to get the torque converted off of a Z I spent WELL over an hour trying to get it off before I gave up and did some reading on the internet. It's such an odd access for those bolts.

 

Where exactly is it? I'm looking as I type

 

Jeez it's been like 13+ years since I did it... I'm honestly drawing a mostly blank picture of how I did it. You could always use a crows foot to access from that side.

 

Lol wow, I'm going to continue to look. Thanks again!

 

The access panel is directly in the middle of the engine at the bottom.

You can see it from these two images

 

Thanks! I'm going to tackle it tomorrow

 

Sometimes i freaking love this forum!!