On Sun, 15 Mar 1998 17:10:43 -0600 "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>
writes:
>Well listers, I changed the oil in both engine and trans for the first
>time
>today.
>The motor oil was fine, no biggie, piece of cake. The
>tranny.....GRRRR.
>Yep, the checker/filler is in FRONT ie FORWARD of the radio console,
>not
>"behind" the Console as I was thinking (and Haynes said! grrrr,
>again). I'm
>not a Navy guy or I'd use the more descriptive Aft and Astern or
>whatever,
>confusing terms for a land lubber. The bung cover was easy, the
>dipstick was
>easy, getting the oil OUT was easy (and it looked almost NEW!).
>But man, what a messy, god forsaken job getting the new oil back in
>was!!!
>As an NOF (Non Old Fart) or "tweener" (?!) I duly ignored the advice
>of
>getting a pump device to get the oil in there, I found a tube like
>device at
>Autozone that allows you to connect one end to the oil bottle and
>close/open
>the flow...ahhh, but the rub is, folks, no air = no flow! so here I
>am, on
>my knees, ass waving to the other bemused patrons of the Auto Craft
>Shop,
>with my "handy" $4 device, trying to hold the one end in the open
>filler
>hole and attempting to poke a hole in the (now slippery) oil bottle
>with a
>phillips...no nail handy...Worked great, until the bottle is about 3/4
>empty, then El Halto, and how do you get the bottle, and "handy
>device" out
>of the car without spilling? You don't, especially since I poked a
>hole in
>the bottom of the bottle...
>moral of the story to the uninitiated: Get a pump device, or a funnel
>with a
>LONG tube and a friend to hold the free end in to the filler hole so
>you
>aren't lubricating the outside of the tranny instead of the inside...
>Just thought I'd share....
>I'm still smiling, and so is my B! And I only cursed once - when I
>couldn't
>find a dustpan to clean up all the dry-sweep! I'm learning. :)
>
>Dan
>'73 B
At the risk of appearing like a total check-book enthusiast (which i
resist vigourously)
There are just some jobs that one gladly pays somebody else to do!
Oil changes of any description fall into this category as far as im
concerned - especially transmission oil - its a downright shitty job -
always has been
Ive "tried it/didnt like it" and i'd just rather spend the time on
something else.
So for twenty bucks I get it done at my pal Alex's shop and HE has the
problem of getting rid of the old stuff - Sorry lads, this one is a no
brainer!
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
(all with nice clean new oil in both engine and trans, none of which
changed by Y.T.)
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