I am doing the steps from this: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=987463

To get in there and replace transmission solenoids. I've removed the bolts from the pan, but it is stuck on there with some kind of rubberized gasket. I'm trying to wedge a screwdriver in there and pry it open but it doesn't seem to be giving at all.

Any ideas??? Tips?

 

I wouldn't use a screwdriver. Good chance of bending the pan. In that situation I use a stiff putty knife working my way around the pan. Might take some time and maybe have to work your way around it a number of times but it won't bend the pan.

 

Are you aware that the dipstick tube is attached from above?

 

Guess I should have mentioned that.

 

Slacker. LOL.

 

I'm going to use my "get off the hook because of old age"card.

 

You'll have to chase me down to get it!! I'm probably older than you.

 

Turned 68 on the 14th.

 

You've got 7 years on me........Old fart.

 

Mr. Old fart.


Plummers just showed up. Time to go to work.


Later

 

I turned 68 the 15 of Sept. and what your speaking about is CRS syndrome, I know that for sure.

 

Tried a razor blade and a butter knife, but this thing won't budge at all. Did these people use glue?

 

Did you remove the dipstick? If so use a putty knife and gently go around the edges if you do not you "WILL" bend the pan. A butter knife doesn't have a sharp edge on it to cut with like a scraper or putty knife.

 

When I did this in July I had to use a big screwdriver and pry like mad. They siliconed it from the factory and it probably has never been removed. Just keep trying you'll get it eventually. Just a high schooler rolling through.

 

A razor blade is not stiff enough to penetrate very well, and a butter knife is too big. You need something in between. A putty knife is just about perfect.

Take a file and put a sharper edge on it, and it should do the job for you.