There may well be a pin that locks it in place after you've removed the two bolts. There is on the E36 6 cylinders. Just pry it off, its a dowel pin holding you up. Alex Lipowich 91 Z1, 91 M5, 95 M3 Euro LTW -- to be removed from bmw, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe bmw" to majordomo@domain.elided