So I ordered a luk clutch kit and a lw flywheel instead of trying to resurface my old one. Everythings was going as smooth as possible until, I cant figure out how everyone is getting the bottom three engine/transmission bolts out? The ones pointed directly at the subframe. Im using the diy online and the haynes, neither says anything specific about these bolts? Any pointers? Advise? Thank you

 

did my clutch not too long ago. I dont remember any trouble with the lower. My uppers were a PITA tho. Broke that damn plastic horseshoe that holds the coolant temp sensor in =/

 

The typical way is to lower the subframe to gain access but we just levered down on it with a huge pry bar. That cleared it enough to let us get them out. And when you reassemble you can leave them out (I have that on authority from Mike Hood). It causes no problems and saves a lot of hassle.

 

niice! I figured 100 tranny bolts was a little excessive haha

 

remove both tranny mount before attempting to remove the bottom 3 bolts. after you remove both the tranny mounts jack up the tranny by the tail, and easy money.

 

easy said then done lol, im struggling on the damn 2 top bolts. not trying to break the plastic 90 above it lol

 

a good thing for the top might be to unbolt the engine mount and jack the front of the engine up, this should lower the tranny away from the tunnel , mine was so far away from everything i impacted every single bolt off.

 

assuming your talking about after i unbolt and remove the trans mounts?

 

btw when i was looking at the front of the engine , kinda under coil packs under the intake manifold i saw a pool of coolant, the car turns over fine no change of heat , no smoke but when i did lift the engine up coolant leaked down the trans . any explanations ?