Not your manual but page 3A-10 in this link shows it. trouble is removing the 6 or 8 dust cover bolts, having room to support the engine and removing the cover. A lot easier to pull the engine.
If I remove the 6 bolts, shouldnt the cover slide straight down without having to lift the engine up? If that is the case, I have enough room ( I think ) to slide the cover straight down and bending it as I go to remove it. I'd like to avoid pulling the engine, or lifting it in any way, if I could.
Maybe Im missing something. Im talking about the thin piece of sheetmetal that covers the lower half of the flywheel? Isnt the engine supported in the rear by the bell housing and rear engine mount?
The problem is getting to the dust cover bolts. is there enough room to drop the dust cover.Some models need the starter removed first. Some use a cutout, some dont.
On your 228, the bolts for the dust cover come in from the engine side of the cover, not the drive side as show in BT's picture above. His is a much newer model
As stated, some have to have the starter remove. the biggest problem you will have is having enough room under the engine to drop the cover low enough to get it out.
