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Found a deep well 36mm socket for an impact wrench so it's hardened steel, taking a while to get it down to fit on the pressure switch. Jim mentioned that it might take some effort to unscrew it as they seemed to have over tightened them at the plant. As I'm looking it I can see how it, the motor and accumulator are bolted to the master by just one bolt and worried about breaking them off! Will give it a try with some WD40 but obviously, not gonna reef on it.

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I just updated the list at the top of this thread with another difference between the '88 models and later models. The '88 models have longer threads on the spindle that hold the front hubs on. About 1/2 inch of threads have to be cut off to use the seven spoke Buick and Cadillac chrome wheels and probably some others. If you don't saw off the threads the wheels will fit but the extra length of the threads will prevent the center cap from snapping all the way into the wheels.

Suspect would require a bit of reprogramming the ECM. No big but for many, impossible. OTOH many do an L67 swap and the 4T60 is borderline. The F7 is supposed to be stronger (mythical 4T60HO ?)

Wouldn't it be great to find out the engine cradle (subframe) could be swapped - complete with engine and transmission? I doubt it is that simple or someone would already have done it. "Only service manual I ever saw that the first instruction is "cut the cable". Some of the railroaders (AKA Sledge Hammer Mechanics) I worked with must have wrote the Allante FSM. 🤣