HACK THS

I am afraid it is going to leak, since both bolts are next to each other. I put it up, and got all of them on a little, and then began tightening. These were the bolts that are somewhat covered, and at a tough angle on the driver side of the car.

If I wanted to pull down the pan again, and try again, what should I do about those two bolt holes? I have never used helicoil, or anything to re thread.

Just pissed a simple job like this became more difficult then it needs to be!

kappa-q

Are they to two inner ones shrouded by the transmission, or the two outer ones (of the four that are shrouded) or one of each?

The two inner ones thread into the aluminum rear main seal carrier, and not the block - and from my experience, the easier of the two to strip. On the plus side, when you have the tranny out and replace the rear main seal, they now want to provide you with the whole carrier as well.

Drop the pan and see what you're access is. You might be able to get a tap in there to rethread the holes. Helicoils will require drilling (dead nuts square on please) which is hard to do with the tranny interference. If it's the two into the carrier bracket, I'd say do the best you can and see if you have leakage. If you do, amount will determine if you need to pull your trans to repair/replace, or if you live with it until you have to pull your trans for another reason. If you decide to do the best you can, I'd suggest using some locktite blue to help hedge your bet that things will stay. You don't need massive torque (something like 7ft-lbs), but you do need to be able to get the bolt snug.

Good luck.

carsluTT

i have had cars come in w/ only 5-6 bolts in the whole pan and htey iddnt leak.!... no joke..... still sucks tho