Would the ratchet wrenches help in this case?
Dean T. Lake wrote:
> John,
>
> Having done the job a couple of times, I decided to think ahead for
> once. You can drill two 1/2 inch holes through the transmission cross
> brace in line with the bottom two angled fasteners. That way you can
> just send an extension and socket right where you need it. It will save
> about three quarters of an hour and 1/32 of skin off your knuckles.
> Unfortunately, I never did figure out an easy way to do the job without
> this modification. I probably spent more time staring at it than just
> doing the unavoidable - that is, tuning the barely accessible bolts
> about a flat at a time with a small wrench.
>
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Hello All. Does anyone know a simple way to remove the OD Tranny
> rubber
> mounts. There are four 5/16 short bolts that hold the cross member to
> the tranny.
> Two can be remove with a suable socket. But the other two are a bear to
> remove. And ever hard to reinstall. I have install many tranny. But
> these over
> drives suck and take me a lot of time. To install two of the bolts. Any
> tricks
> of the trade here. Thanks John, Flintstone, GA
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