I lucked out, there was enough of an imprint that I was able to locate the correct spot. I know about the paint trick, but didn't think about it until after I loosened it. I can be absent minded like that at times. Thanks though.
I've gotten the job completed now, aside from patching the hole in the transmission tunnel I cut in to get at that stupid bolted on wiring harness. Yet another engineering failure on this car, I'd REALLY like to shake a few of those engineers by the throat. What they should have done was put a fixed wiring harness off the solenoid pack sized so the harness plug would fit through the hole. Had they done this, it would have been simple enough to unplug, drop the solenoid then slip the wiring harness through the hole. To access the bolt I used a hole saw to cut two 1 inch holes in the trans tunnel, the trimmed the middle out. I have a piece of stainless steel sheet metal and some body filler to seal the holes over. I screwed around trying to get that bolt off for a couple of days because I can't get my hands up in there close enough to manipulate the wrench. It took 10 minutes to cut the hole, then 2 minutes to remove the plug. An hour later the job was done including putting 5 quarts of fluid back in through the port using a pump. Messy, very messy, but done.
Discovered something else strange, the floor pan has slats cut into it with foam filler plugging the holes. Never saw anything like this on a car before. It's all factory looking too. Anyone know what the purpose of these holes would be? They are too large and too well plugged for drain holes.
