Can anyone give me advice on reinstalling the oil pan with the motor in the car?

I'm looking at the bolts that hold it in and there's places near the flywheel that I know I won't be able to fit a torque wrench. The subframe is in the way. The service manual is no help at all.

 

Man I just did mine yesterday it was a pain taking off the bolts by the fram n putting in the new oil pan. What I did it is I got a 10mm socket w an elbow to bend around the frame.

 

Remove all of the old liquid gasket from the oil pan mating surfaces, bolts, and bolt holes.
Clean and dry the oil pan mating surfaces.







Apply liquid gasket, P/N 08717-0004, 08718-0001, 08718-0002, 08718-0003, or 08718-009, evenly to the oil pan mating surface of the engine block. NOTE: Do not install components if too much time has passed after applying the liquid gasket (for P/N 08718-0002, no more than 4 minutes, for all others, no more than 5 minutes ). Instead, remove the old residue and reapply the liquid gasket.
Install the oil pan on the engine block.







Tighten the bolts in two or three steps. In the final step, tighten all bolts, in sequence, to 12 Nm 0.2 kgf-m, 8.7 ft. lbs.) . NOTE: After assembly, waitat least 30 minutes before filling the engine with oil.







Tighten the two bolts (A) securing the transmission, then install the torque converter cover (B).
If the engine is still in the vehicle, do the following steps.
Install exhaust pipe A using new gaskets and new self locking nuts.







Install the engine under cover.
Install the splash shield.
Refill the engine with oil.
Lower the vehicle on the hoist.

 

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When you say elbow, do you mean a universal joint? We're you able to torque all the bolts evenly?

 

Thanks Phee, but if you look at where the bolts are within the subframe, there are 2-3 that you can't get to with a straight shot. The manual doesn't mention anything about this.