General vehicle thread

[ChickNorris]

Absolutely nothing worse than 90 weight gear oil in your hair. You can wash it 100 times and still be smelling it for days...

Noxzema original cream works pretty well & you still have hair when you're done.

[MrPrena]

Sorry. Early morning math sucks.

Still, 4Nm doesn?t equate to 4 ft lbs no matter how the math works.

If you were torqueing those little fasteners to 4Nm or 35 inch lbs you were golden. If you were going with 4 ft lbs then that?s likely why a couple of them broke.

4Nm is tiny. I think the gun scope torque wrench goes that low.
35 inlb is about right.

And the oil at temp thing is anoying no matter what.

Yeah, sorry, not 4ft-lb. but 4N-m or 35in-lb.
My torque wrench is in-lb, and it had to be taped because the darn adjuster keep sliding.

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If you were thorough in reading the instructions on the shampoo, it says ? Lather, let stand 5 minutes, rinse and repeat.........

That could waste an entire day in the shower, depending on the size of the bottle.

I am probably going to take shower again, because my mother is coming again from Aurora, due to small leak.
Had to go all the way to Brighton NAPA to buy 2qt of this FEBI bilstein fluid.

Absolutely nothing worse than 90 weight gear oil in your hair. You can wash it 100 times and still be smelling it for days...

I did a differential on both car at once about month back. The 75W-140 FM smell is still stinking the garage.
If this stuff gets on, it will be an unwated cologne for a week.

[Gman]

So how does one fill from the bottom?

Just get the car to sit on a bottle of fluid.

[Great-Kazoo]

I just did the 722.9 Transmission service.
It was horrible.

[RANT]
1. damn gasket moved un-noticeably little while installing.
[/RANT]

next time try a light (very light film of grease) to keep the gasket on the transmission itself. This allows you to see position of gasket and not fight it and the pan while reinstalling.

[MrPrena]

The bolt was screwed with much less torque So, I had to tighten it little bit more with torque screw (this time it is taped) and filled 1.5qt


1. Had to take the under carriage out before doing anything.



2. As you see, torque wrench is now taped, because it needed to be screwed at very low torque 4Nm. Lock won't stay well with this low setting. (Cheap torque wrench)



3. Filler bolt I had to spend $17 on.


4. After hearing about scary story on this thread, I backed it up with jack stand on AND Jack.



5. Transmission was too hot, so I had to wait till it goes down to 45C.



6. While waiting it to cool down, I spend time aerating the lawn.



7. Bought this at Lowes 10-11 years ago for about $7 +/-. One of the best investment for the lawn.



8a. Start pumping the transmission fluid in.



8b. Harbor freight fluid pump worked well.
I will use the rifle cleaning rod and clean out the hose.

[MrPrena]

next time try a light (very light film of grease) to keep the gasket on the transmission itself. This allows you to see position of gasket and not fight it and the pan while reinstalling.

It would've been easier if I did that. Thanks to the tip.
Some people had common complaint on gasket and 4Nm torque.

[Erni]

It would've been easier if I did that. Thanks to the tip.
Some people had common complaint on gasket and 4Nm torque.

Next time ( ha ha) use the 4Nm as a reason to buy the scope torque screwdriver. Those suckers go up to 60 in lb I think.

[ChickNorris]

Just get the car to sit on a bottle of fluid.

That's funny

[Spdu4ia]

Probably let those get a little dirtier than id like. But all new now

[Spdu4ia]

Anyone have a code reader that will reset a check engine light?. I blew a charge pipe and set it off. All fixed now but it saved the code and apparently autozone policy won't let them turn them off anymore. Dealer wants wwaayyyy too much to reset it.