Top gearbox bolts

[pablo_s13]

Hello.
Would anybody recommended the easiest way to remove the top 2 gearbox bolts on a ca18

Thank you

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[pointz]

Hello.
Would anybody recommended the easiest way to remove the top 2 gearbox bolts on a ca18

Thank you

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Put a jack under rear of g'box,
undo g'box x-member,
lower jack till camcovers just touch bulkhead,
then use long half inch extension bar with wobble attachment!

It really isnt that bad of a job to do tbh.

[ANDY black s13]

with the engine mounts loose, remove propshaft (drain box of oil 1st) remove gearbox X member bolts and let the g/box hang down,
loose engine mounts lets it drop down further, sump sits on the rack,
long extension bar/breaker bar and go over the top of the gearbox to get the top bolts,may need a wobbly socket if engine pipe work
limits the g/box dropping down/how big of a gap between trans tunnel and g/box you get,remove rad hoses/throttle body pipe if need be
possible the engine driven fan may catch the rad cowling plastic so let it down slowly

[polcastrol]

Is rhd so different/difficult? I just undo them from the top with a spanner on a lhd car.

[green_rs13]

do people still fit the top bolts? I normally leave them out.

[autosri]

I was contemplating leaving them out after watching drift garage with teurck and forsberg and they never put them in

[pablo_s13]

Thanks every one for replying.

Yeah I have been told to leave the top 2 out aswell.

Think I will do just that haha

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[polcastrol]

Lazy amateurs

[ANDY black s13]

Indeed ^^ for the sake of two bolts and chance of the bell housing cracking around the dowel bolts,I will fit them to any car I work on
seen too many cracked bell housings on auto's and manuals ,can even be the cause of mystery squeaks and creaks

[pointz]

Indeed ^^ for the sake of two bolts and chance of the bell housing cracking around the dowel bolts,I will fit them to any car I work on
seen too many cracked bell housings on auto's and manuals ,can even be the cause of mystery squeaks and creaks

For sure i have and always will fit them

[ANDY black s13]

For sure i have and always will fit them

easy from underneath,can remove and refit from the top, bit fiddly but doable, unlike the nightmare of the bently continental gt autobox remove/refit
at least 3 BH bolts are blocked by turbos/engine mounts and countless other near impossible bolts/cr@p in the way,
we concluded it would be easier to drop the engine/g/box out the bottom then split them apart next time