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Flex plate needed to remove before removing cylinder head?

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I may have a terminology issue here but Bentley says that before removing cylinder head flywheel / torque plate should be removed (Clutch / Automatic) Now I'm wondering since I have Tip what's this torque plate that Bentley is referring to or is it referring to MB Tip instead of ZF Tip that I have. So the question is should that flex plate be removed since it's related to crankshaft or what's this torque plate that Bentley is talking. I'm trying to avoid removing that since those bolts are stretch bolts. This is the flex plate.

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Removal of the flywheel/flex plate is needed to get to the second bolt of the fixed guide rail on bank 1. But upon looking at it with a tip maybe you can get to it without removing. You could not with a manual transmission flywheel.

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