top 2 trans-to-engine bolts...

any tips on removing them? im having trouble getting at them, i can get the open end of wrench on it from above but theres no way ill get the needed torque that way...


thanks

greenjed

i removed the two coolant lines directly above the bolts and now i can get a box end on there but still hard to get leverage. with the box end on the bolt, and the wrench coming off at an angle, i can place a steel pipe vertically over the opposite open end, and get a few good whacks with a hammer but i am afraid of stripping the head of course

can anyone rescue me from this diabolical impasse?

thanks

greenjed

Lots of extensions and your black greasy hands shoved up in the dark regions at the tail end of the tranny--sorry if this sounds like im talking nasty.....

i just got them both loose by removing those evil many-headed hoses above them which allowed just enough clearance for a little brute strength on a box end to prevail.
more than likely, more cries for help to follow as i proceed...

When I helped with removing a transmission of a 1984 300TDT, one top bolt was already missing.

For the other one I used this:



And still it was difficult. Maybe a small ratchet.

Any chance you (or someone you know) has a welder? Not sure how different the W123 is from the W124 but some cheap Harbor Freight tools made my life a lot easier to remove those top two bolts.

Yeah, the long, long floppy extended socket on a breaker bar works.

I did my 300SD with one of these snap-on 3/8 flex ratchets

Snap on 3/8" Drive Bent Flex Head Ratchet Comfort Grip Dual 80 Tech FHBF80 | eBay

I found it at a junkyard, held custody of it briefly, and lost it at the same junkyard not long after. Merde.

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