<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Thanks for the heads-up Steve. Sounds like lots of Kroil and maybe a little heat are called-for.<br></div><div><br></div><div>How visible are the topside screws? Sounds almost like a worthwhile (premeditated) mod. My BJ8 is mostly original, but a Pertronix, spin-on oil filter adapter and the clutch slave cylinder bleeder extension have made life easier and, of course, they are fairly easily removed.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Bob<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br><div><br></div>Two or three of the studs on both pans broke off the first time I tried to<br>remove the nuts, so I'm one of those people who replaced the studs with the<br>screws from above. For the nuts, I used "anchor nuts", which are riveted to<br>the seat structure and provide some "float" to make inserting the screws<br>easier. It only takes a minute to pull a seat pan for access to the fuel<br>pumps (I have two), and I've found it also makes accessing the differential<br>fill plug easier, as well as the fuel filter that I have located under the<br>right seat near the pump.<br><div><br></div>Steve Byers<br>HBJ8L/36666<br>BJ8 Registry<br>AHCA Delegate at Large<br>Havelock, NC USA<br><div><br></div><br style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"></div></div></body></html>