so im taking my oil pan off and i think i got like 14 bolts and 2 nuts off and i knew about the transmission heat shield thing on the right removed those bolts but now i can't take it off...its blocking 2 more bolts and is completely loose but doesnt seem to have enough room to slide it out...any help
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You mean the trans shield? - It will come out you just have to play with it.
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yea the trans shield sorry..do you know which way its supposed to come it..just straight down or slide it out...i been playing with it and prying at it for 20 min looks to be bent around something...is it necessary because i could try harder lol.Comment
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ok if its supposed to just drop out i doesn't... i managed to get the pan completely loose but the trans shield is underneath it so someone put it on wrong or something...Comment
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the tranny shield (manual car, right?) just unbolts and lifts straight off the tranny. It's basically like a lid that's bolted on. It could be rusted on; try tapping it gently with a hammer to shock it--after making sure you've actually removed all the bolts that hold it on. There are 3 or 4. Also you can try prying is a little at the very bottom of it, where there's an opening big enough to put a big screwdriver in and twist against the tranny housing.Originally posted by jake93lx View Post
Also, have you removed the engine dropout bar that runs front to back underneath the engine? You might have to remove that to make more room to maneuver. I know I did when I replaced my oil pan
Don't worry, it doesn't hold the car together.
Another problem will be the exhaust pipe A section that comes down from the exhaust manifold. If you haven't removed that, the oil pan *will not* have enough room to come down, and even if you could somehow angle it off, you can't reinstall it that way because you need a straight vertical shot to put the oil pan back up or you'll mess up the new gasketing you will have carefully arranged across the mating surface of the oil pan.
I suggest unbolting the exhaust at the exhaust manifold, then undoing all the hangars all the way back to the muffler and dropping the whole exhaust to the ground and pulling it to the side of the vehicle (spray the rubber exhaust hangers with silicone lube to get them slippery enough to pull them off the metal hooks). Or leave it the exhaust hanging at the muffler and just kind of angle the rest of it to the side.
That is much less hassle than trying to undo the bolts just ahead of the catalytic converter, unless those bolts are absolutely pristine.
To reinstall/lift the exhaust back up after your job is done, use some clothesline to winch it up and hold it in place. It also helps to have 2 extra jackstands to place along the length of it and hold it somewhat up, although I bet you could get by without that and just use the rope and some cinderblocks or something.Last edited by batever; 03-19-2010, 09:23 PM.Comment
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ok so i got the pan out and put the new one in (what B*tch)...the tranny shield was put on wrong somehow and i had to pry it off before a could maneuver the pan down. lining it back up was kinda hard but im doing my exhaust too so i had that outa the way...unfortunately the exhaust didnt get finished today..Comment
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