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I have had my car for 5 years now, 4.5 driving, as it was down for a while getting engine work done. I have put 52 k miles on it in that time as a true daily driver and many many road trips around Texas and out to Alabama
(orange beach). This weekends insanity started with replacing the front shocks with koni reds, then the heater valve. Not realy bad but at 6 foot 276# laying on my back looking up under the dash for longer than 30 seconds is no fun but now I have heat again at idle. Next I replaced all brake pads and parking brake pads, rebuilt all calipers, replaced all soft brake lines and replaced rubber clutch hose with steel braided clutch line. I "rebuilt" the throttle linkage bushing at the end of the passenger side where it connects to the adjuster rod, did it from below. No more slop in the accelerator movement anymore. I refilled the transmission and rear end oil.
It was in the upper 30's here and working outside it was cold but at least the rain stopped. One thing I did when filling the trans was run a hose from the engine bay past the exhaust manifold to fill the trans. I put the tip of the bottle into the upper end of the hose and punched a hole in the bottom of the bottle I had my son use the tapered tip of the air nozzle attachment of my air compressor into the hole to pressurize the bottle and filled the trans in about 2 min!!. I never had gear oil that thick and cold move so fast and no there was no leaking or spraying out of the bottle, he never used full pressure. I'm so sore and tired right now spent about 16 hours total and could not have done it without the help of my son Nico.
(orange beach). This weekends insanity started with replacing the front shocks with koni reds, then the heater valve. Not realy bad but at 6 foot 276# laying on my back looking up under the dash for longer than 30 seconds is no fun but now I have heat again at idle. Next I replaced all brake pads and parking brake pads, rebuilt all calipers, replaced all soft brake lines and replaced rubber clutch hose with steel braided clutch line. I "rebuilt" the throttle linkage bushing at the end of the passenger side where it connects to the adjuster rod, did it from below. No more slop in the accelerator movement anymore. I refilled the transmission and rear end oil.
It was in the upper 30's here and working outside it was cold but at least the rain stopped. One thing I did when filling the trans was run a hose from the engine bay past the exhaust manifold to fill the trans. I put the tip of the bottle into the upper end of the hose and punched a hole in the bottom of the bottle I had my son use the tapered tip of the air nozzle attachment of my air compressor into the hole to pressurize the bottle and filled the trans in about 2 min!!. I never had gear oil that thick and cold move so fast and no there was no leaking or spraying out of the bottle, he never used full pressure. I'm so sore and tired right now spent about 16 hours total and could not have done it without the help of my son Nico.