Hardest bolt or nut to get to?

[Ed]

I vote for the bumper bolt. In my reassemble note book I wrote down in big bold letters. "INSTALL REAR BUMPER BEFORE GAS TANK!!".

[EScanlon]

My vote for the two hardest bolts to remove are the ones holding the Hood Latch Pin to the hood.........after the Hood Release Cable breaks.

Enrique

[Fun_in_my_z]

Forget rusty ones! The brake lines going into the preportion valve.

[PrOxLaMuS©]

I hate those stinking exhuast manifold bolts... we'll the ones that attach to the intake manifold... grr.. i hate those...

and also some of the screws under the dash by the heater core... by the heater hoses and stuff..

[280z]

yea the manifold ones! mine was missing two of them so i bought a couple and kept telling myself that i would be able to put them on without burning myself.. you can guess what happened, impatience is bad!

[280z]

no i have a new one, i was replacing the oil pan gasket and there are hella bolts, at least 15 or 20, and a few of them are a total pain in the arse to screw in, you gotta hold them in a real loose, funky position with two of your fingers and try to screw them in enough untill you can use a tiny wrench and tighten them 30 degrees at a time

[St.stephen]

My vote goes to the inner bolts holding the heat flange under the intake on the 76-78 280.

[new_2_z]

i would have to say getting the rear passanger bumper shock bolts. those required alot of crap coming off before u could even see them. also alot of pentrating oil

[george71z]

I would have to go with the heater core/hose hardware. Just finished replacing the core, and my head and back still hurt.

[CNIXZGO]

I'd have to agree with the steering coupler bolts. There was one that was a real bitch plus you have to get some pressure on it while bending over into the engine bay! I fnally used a cigarette lighter to get it to come loose. Heat works well. After that, prob anything to do with the internal heater hoses.

[Walkingpig]

having just finished a half day marathon change of steering column -i also vote steering coupler bolts...

although, for those of you attempting it, i had someone of adequate strength help (as my socket wrench could only get one click in, so that equated to about 1/12th of a turn each .. go. so i got it on and held it tight - and got someone to turn the steering wheel back and forth (get the front end off the ground). This made life a little easier.

but after that, anything under the infernal dash!

[alordzot]

My vote is the exhuast manifold bolts. If you don't have a lift and are working on ramps and the bolt head is stripped due to some *&%$#### that does exhuast work and don't care they are the worst.