Too late to change my trans fluid?

[Makaveli69]

yes thats the bolts and i just loosened them, you can only do one at a time so make sure there is a few turns of thread in each one and the box wont fall, then just hold it back a bit with a big screw driver or lever.

[Alex Ander]

Originally Posted by Makaveli69

yes thats the bolts and i just loosened them, you can only do one at a time so make sure there is a few turns of thread in each one and the box wont fall, then just hold it back a bit with a big screw driver or lever.

Thank you!
I am going to do it at a DIY garage where they have a lift, I have to find out if they eventually also have a transmission support.
What a pain, our model of car must be the only one that has this issue, all the other that I have seen, they have enough clearance for those bolts.

[Alex Ander]

Originally Posted by Poppyboy

I didn’t even mess with the transmission brace. I simply ground down my T40 to make it very low profile, then taped it to a tiny crescent wrench to work those three bolts. As it turned out, there’s really no need to check the torque values anyway. 7.5Nm is not much at all.

Thank you!
So you did not unscrewed the brace's bolts to loosen it a bit, you kept it as is and you had enough clearance to extract the 3 pan's bolts? It should be 10nm of torque if the are the steel bolts though.
I am going to get these little wrenches:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPD2Q14...v_ov_lig_dp_it

[Yanchii]

Originally Posted by Poppyboy

I didn’t even mess with the transmission brace. I simply ground down my T40 to make it very low profile, then taped it to a tiny crescent wrench to work those three bolts. As it turned out, there’s really no need to check the torque values anyway. 7.5Nm is not much at all.

Exactly what I did as well! Worked like a charm

[Yanchii]

Originally Posted by Alex Ander

Thank you!
So you did not unscrewed the brace's bolts to loosen it a bit, you kept it as is and you had enough clearance to extract the 3 pan's bolts? It should be 10nm of torque if the are the steel bolts though.
I am going to get these little wrenches:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPD2Q14...v_ov_lig_dp_it

I wish I had seen those before I did mine, I would have bought them lol

[Poppyboy]

Originally Posted by Alex Ander

Thank you!
So you did not unscrewed the brace's bolts to loosen it a bit, you kept it as is and you had enough clearance to extract the 3 pan's bolts? It should be 10nm of torque if the are the steel bolts though.
I am going to get these little wrenches:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HPD2Q14...v_ov_lig_dp_it

No. I didn’t touch them. If you make your T40 bit much shorter and tape it to a corresponding crescent wrench, just take your time loosening, then tightening the three perimeter bolts. They will come out. It’s a miserable experience, but at least for me, I’ll only ever do it once.