New personal best...
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New personal best...
CPS change...
Total time...
11 minutes...
Wife timed me last night, from the time I walked out the front door, to the shop to grab a 10mm gear wrench, then back to the truck under to remove the old, back to the cab to get the dielectric grease, back under to reinstall and test fire.
11 minutes...
Beat that suckas... LOL
Total time...
11 minutes...
Wife timed me last night, from the time I walked out the front door, to the shop to grab a 10mm gear wrench, then back to the truck under to remove the old, back to the cab to get the dielectric grease, back under to reinstall and test fire.
11 minutes...
Beat that suckas... LOL
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This is a little off topic, but probably my personal best time for a repair job.
I used to have an 87 GMC van that tore up 4 or 5 flex plates in the 200K miles I put on it. After the second one, I made up short sections of threaded rod that matched the bell housing bolts. I would remove the drive shaft, unbolt the transmission from the rear cross member and replace the bell housing bolts with the all-thread pieces and nuts. After bumping the starter to access and remove the torque converter bolts, I loosened the nuts and slid the transmission back on the all-thread far enough to reach the crankshaft bolts and remove the flex plate. No transmission jack or removal required! My best time was about an hour and a half, start to finish.
Chris
I used to have an 87 GMC van that tore up 4 or 5 flex plates in the 200K miles I put on it. After the second one, I made up short sections of threaded rod that matched the bell housing bolts. I would remove the drive shaft, unbolt the transmission from the rear cross member and replace the bell housing bolts with the all-thread pieces and nuts. After bumping the starter to access and remove the torque converter bolts, I loosened the nuts and slid the transmission back on the all-thread far enough to reach the crankshaft bolts and remove the flex plate. No transmission jack or removal required! My best time was about an hour and a half, start to finish.
Chris
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LOL...
I'm going to teach her how to change her own this weekend... not that she needs much help, she changes her own oil, turbos and basic maintance anyway.
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