Q: To change the oil pan in replace the oil pump do I have to remove any transmission parts
2005 Pontiac Torrent replacing the oil pump all the screws out the pan pan will not come down and hits the transfer case on the transmission do I have to remove that
My car has an automatic transmission.
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