Welcome to the 'bolt. I'm sorry you're rodding it instead of restoring it but having said that anything's better than the crusher. If you have your straps off & the fuel line removed it should just lift out. Hopefully someone in the past didn't glue it in. Does it move some, just won't come all the way out or is it still solidly in place as though there still fasteners in place?

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