Greddy oil pan SR20DET help

[n.r.wyatt]

I decided to do my 3000 mile oil change today. As this being a routine procedure for me i do it pretty mindlessly. So i jack the car up get under and pull the plug. But stupidly i take out the wrong one... The greddy pan has 2 plugs one right next to the other. The one on the left is the normal drain plug... i took off the one on the right. I some how backed this thing all the way out. The nut on the inside is still on the bolt. There are 2 small studs on the nut that fit into a washer above and below the hole on the inside of the oil pan. I attempted to insert this two studs back into the washers but with no luck. So my question is.. what is the best way putting this back in? Must i take the entire oil pan off? and has anyone else made this same mistake and can maybe guide me with what they have done.

I did spend about the last 2-3 hours searching for an answer. If i somehow missed a post like this i appologize.

Thanks,Nick

[n.r.wyatt]

nobody?

[Hijacker]

If it's spinning freely, you're gonna have to pull the pan off to get it tightened properly from the sounds of it.

[n.r.wyatt]

This is what i got. Thanks for the response btw

[T-rev]

yeah thats got some funky wing type nut on the other side. You're gonna need to get in there and find it.