i've found that to remove the whole stick and plate, obviously you have to undo the 4 bolts, and to do this i need to drop the gearbox crossmember to have enough space to do it. that meant that i had to also drop the exhaust. if you do drop the g/box x-member, don't drop it too far, and support it with a jack and watch out that nothing at the front of the engine goes into the rad.