It's always the easiest things. I'm in the middle of a timing chain replacement on a 2004 Cavalier 2.2 Eotec. Two questions for those of you that have done this before:

1. How the heck do you remove the access plug to get to the upper fixed chain guide bolt? It seems like that thing is stuck like glue. Even broke out the vicegrips briefly but a stopped when it was clear that they were simpy going to chew it up. It doesn't have a hex head. Is there a trick to removing it?

2. On the 2004 Cav it has that annoying bracket that gets in the way of working on the aforementioned upper guide bolt/acces plug. I've removed the motor mount, but it seems that the bolts that hold the remaining bracket on are too long to remove. They simply back out to the frame and stop. I've tried raising the engine just a bit to get a little more room but there doesn't seem to be a good way to remove it. Has anyone had success with this without removing the whole engine?