I also removed all of mine with a 3/8 drive but be very careful. As I
think I mentioned in a carpet article, when I put the bolts back in
behind the valance, I found that the big square nuts were "stripped". I
know that I could not have stripped them when I took the bolts out plus
the bolts were not damaged at all -- I remembered that John Blair had
had a terrible time with those bolts. Come to find out, according to
Hoffman if I remember correctly, some 74's came with stripped out nuts.
When I put my belts back in, I bought some nylock nuts and put them in
behind because the bolts just kept turning, not as you would think a
bolt within stripped nut would -- it just felt differently and I have a
lot of experience with feel and stripping and nut turning (not to be
x-rated). There was something unexplainably wrong with that picture and
I still don't really know why this happened. All I know is that the
belts are secure now. Kim
>I just removed all my seat belt attachments today. A t-50 and a 3/8"
>drive did the trick. I didn't even need the liquid wrench.
>
>Alan Coleman # 246
>
>P.S. Does anyone know how far up you have to raise the engine to get
>the oil pan off of a '74??
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