RE: oil pan gasket replacement

["Brubaker, John" <JBrubaker@AMF.com>]

Jeff wrote:
I recall seeing something a while back from someone who had a trick 
for removing and installing those bolts that are obscured by the 
adjacent transaxle, but I didn't have the foresight to save it. 
 Anybody
> wanna share a little wisdom on the topic?

Then Jim replied:
To get the two bolts from hell on the oil pan (you'll find them) take 
a
10mm wrench, and put the open end of the wrench over the bolt at a
perpendicular angle, then stick a screwdriver through the closed end 
of
the wrench for leverage, and the bolt should turn.  To reinstall the
bolts when you're done, simply tape the head of the bolt to the end of 
a
screwdriver with masking tape, and once they're threaded, remove the
tape and do the wrench trick again to torque.

I believe the simplest thing to do is go out and purchase a set of 
flex sockets.  The come in extremely hand and have solved various 
other problems I have had getting to certain bolts including the 
infamous two oil pan bolts.

John
80 Scirocco S

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