Note to Self, Things NOT to do when working on cars! |
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Note to Self, Things NOT to do when working on cars! |
LvSteveH |
May 27 2003, 10:27 PM
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I put the Poor in Porsche Group: Members Posts: 1,080 Joined: 22-April 03 From: Las Vegas, Nevada Member No.: 600 |
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Note #1 In the future, remember to put a drain pan under the torque converter when pulling the engine on an American car with automatic trans to avoid having the shop look like something out of a cheap horror flick due to 8 quarts of ATF on the floor. Note #2 In the future, remember to reset the air compressor to 90psi to run air tools, 150psi seems to do very bad things to the impact. I'm hoping that by making a public spectacle of my stupidity I’ll remember not to make these mistakes again. Thank you for your help. Hey, this is a lot cheaper than real therapy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Steve |
PatW |
May 27 2003, 10:50 PM
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Wassup? Group: Benefactors Posts: 565 Joined: 19-February 03 From: Rocklin, CA Member No.: 317 Region Association: Northern California |
Yup, Been there did that. My old TH400 on my Chevy held a case of ATF and then some in the converter.
Hell of a thing when a cooler line decided to spring a leak and dump tranny fulid all over the road. Seen my share of ballooned torque convereters exploding too Sure glad I don't drive old detroit iron anymore. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
LvSteveH |
May 27 2003, 11:05 PM
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I put the Poor in Porsche Group: Members Posts: 1,080 Joined: 22-April 03 From: Las Vegas, Nevada Member No.: 600 |
It was a TH350 in a 78 Blazer. I almost forgot:
Note #3 When cleaning up the massive amounts of ATF and antifreeze remember to take off the mechanix gloves and put on latex gloves, apparently when the mechanix gloves reach their saturation point with the aforementioned mixture, the dye begins to run, and my hands are now black, and the five industrial hand cleaners I’ve tried have had no effect at all. Just another thing to remind me not to do that again I suppose. :toilet: |
kdfoust |
May 27 2003, 11:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Riverside Member No.: 71 Region Association: Southern California |
heh heh. I once forgot to tighten the oil cooler lines on a diesel after doing some surgery. Do you know what diesel engine oil looks like? To quote the Beverly Hillbillies "Black gold, Texas T." I still get to look at the trail I left down the driveway and into the street and then the U-turn 1/2 block down the street and the trail back up the driveway and into the garage...dang.
Have fun, Kevin |
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