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    Loose Flex Plate Bolts

    That's the wrong torque (more correctly, those are the wrong bolts, not the ones being described here), but you're on the right track. A couple pages forward or back from that is where it talked about the flexplate bolts to the ring gear. I just had to install them a couple weeks ago, when I...
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    Loose Flex Plate Bolts

    I had the fan clutch off when I did it, so I just used a crowbar between the fan clutch bolts to turn it. The manual says to turn the engine with the alternator pulley, which I've done too. Just put a big ratchet on the alternator pulley bolt, and as long as your belts are tight you can rotate...
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    Loose Flex Plate Bolts

    The inspection port is documented in the 34-2 manual, under the engine replacement topic. It's a large (1.5"?) pipe plug on the upper passenger side of the bellhousing (about the 2 o'clock position, behind the exhaust pipe). The manual says to turn the crank by turning the alternator pulley...
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    Loose Flex Plate Bolts

    I just pulled my flexplate bolts yesterday. Half of them were loose, and the other half I was able to easily loosen with a standard length 3/8"-drive ratchet (8" long?).
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