Anyone have any ways to get this done easily and quickly? All the things I have come up with lead to me either pulling the motor, or dropping the trans. Not sure which route would be easiest. When I originally installed my Flex plate to clutch bolts, I forgot to put loctite on them. Halfway thru the summer, they came loose and made a whole lot of noise, leading to a minor teardown. I took the bolts out, loctite/reinstalled them, but the damage had been done to the flexplate. The holes that were originally about 1/2" are now over an inch wide, allowing plenty of slop for the clutch to bounce back and forth in. That, and a loping idle, plenty of douchebaggery driving at the shootout, and quite a few 8k rpm rev limits at the track, this thing is toast. Ive taken it apart, loctite and retorqued 3 times now and it still comes loose/makes noise in the upper RPM, so its just time to get dirty and replace it.

Also, any thoughts on where to get the plate and the bolts? I checked Mentor Mitsu, they want $400 for the plate :| So Im thinking Ebay for a plate, not sure on the bolts yet. No junkyards with motors anywhere around here.

I have the flex plate to crankshaft bolts, if they are the same as tge four that attach to the clutch unit, I have plenty. Cant remember as i have been non mod forever.
S&M Autoparts for the plate bro, dunno where mine is.

Lmk if you want the bolts.

And unfortunately, one of them has to come out!

Just drop the trans. I just dId a clutch job took me 30 min to get it out. And 400$ is ridiculous for that bitty flex plate. I think I have one laying around I'll go look

Actually I lucked out, I went to my buddies house to get parts for this 99 Im putting back together, and he had an extra flexplate and all the bolts I need. Now its just the matter of dropping the tranny out. It sucks, but I think its going to be easier to do suspension/axles and drop the trans than to unplug and unhook everything, as well as pull the motor out, and find a place to put it while I change it. Im hoping I can just take the axles out of the hubs and leave them in the trans so I dont need to buy dealer fluid again.

Drain the fluid into a clean container ;)

Tis what I do.

Also, get the wheels!