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you dont HAVE to drill holes, but i'll tell you if you are going to be taking off the motor mount plate a number of times, it will greatly speed up the process. I could not get the motor mount plate off with the front half of the timing belt cover still on. I broke that off to get enough room to wiggle and maneuver around the plate to get it out. It works that way. You have to raise and lower the motor to get the right amount of space to get the plate out. After you get the crank pulley and the motor mount plate off, its really pretty straight forward from there. Be SURE to get a longer crank bolt, or else you chance stipping the crank threads. Get the 3 jaw, 5 ton puller, and then back out the STOCK crank bolt about 1/8" or so to start. Put the puller on, and be SURE it's centered properly, and not crooked (this is important). Now tighten the puller's center bolt onto the stock crank bolt, SLOWLY, DONT hammer down on it, esp if using an impact wrench. Once the pulley has come out that 1/8" or so, then take off the puller, then back out the crank bolt antother 1/8" or so. Repeat the process with the puller about 3 times like this using the stock crank bolt. After 3 times, put in the LONGER crank bolt, and then keep pulling 1/8" at a time. Doing it this way does take some time, but this will keep enough threads on the bolt inside the crank threads, to help distribute the puller's force. It will also keep the bolt from bending, and stripping out the crank or bolt threads. Take your time, and be patient. It generally will take about a good 20-30 minutes doing it like this, but it has worked countless times on my car, and others i have done. Even on a 95 GS that i did. Good luck. Check out my write up in my sig if you need some more info.
13.5 @108 MPH-2.2 60ft(stupid FWD!)
S16G @ 18 PSI/FMIC/Running on MegaSquirt II (Now with sequential
fuel injection)
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-1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS-T- "Toy"
-1992 Plymouth Laser Turbo AWD(SOLD)
-2000 Honda CR-V(daily)
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