| If you search there are different people who removed MB cylinder I'd research everything you can first. Second I would seriously consider the transmission drop it makes complications like frozen bolts a bit easier to deal with.
I did this a month ago the knuckle busting way, with out proper tools of course on stands. It isn't fun there going to be lots a cursing and if you smoke i'd have two packs ready.
Set aside a full day just in case. Make sure the car is sturdy because your gonna be in an uncomfortable place for awhile. Remove all heat shields and anything else you may have in your way. Soak those bad boys again and again from top and bottom of the car. A gear wrench is helpful since it's tight for a socket. Also small girly hands help. Here's what went down for me. Passenger side: a cake walk 20 Minutes tops. Driver side: after a hour of wiggling and twisting trying to get the last blot on top I gave up drank a 6 pack. cursed at my self and got back to work. If the middle of the front bumper is 12o'clock I laid with my feet roughly at 9 o'clock on my right side. Put the gear wrench on the bolt with my left arm and held it there and snaked a Accessory belt up with my right arm on to the open end of the gear wrench using the end of the accessory belt for the downward travel of the wrench. With my left hand I held the wrench on the bolt and did upward travel for the wrench. This was the only way with the tools I had to get enough leverage to brake that bolt and turn the bolt, after it was broken I could only turn the gear wrench 2 clicks at a time using the accessory belt. *Make sure the wrench is on the bolt, last thing u need is stripped bolt. *Disconnect o2 sensors connectors so you don't damage them after you get the downpipes off
The last bolt took me 30 minutes AFTER I started doing it this way.
So that's how I got those bad boys off. I'm not saying this is the easiest way, but that's how I did it.
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