*NOTE to Self*
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*NOTE to Self*
Next time you pull an engine/tranny together out of your truck and you think you can get away without draining the fluids.. Don't do it..
Even though it may sit on the floor of the garage for a year or so, eventually you will get around to rebuilding them. And well, pulling a tranny off of an engine block on the ground with all the fluids inside the tranny... not a good idea..
to my defense: I didnt think I would have the engine/tranny out of the truck for as long as it has been, nor did i think I would end up wanting to rebuild the tranny while it was out.. But, what are you gonna do?
Even though it may sit on the floor of the garage for a year or so, eventually you will get around to rebuilding them. And well, pulling a tranny off of an engine block on the ground with all the fluids inside the tranny... not a good idea..
to my defense: I didnt think I would have the engine/tranny out of the truck for as long as it has been, nor did i think I would end up wanting to rebuild the tranny while it was out.. But, what are you gonna do?
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haha.. yeah. it is amazing..
i kind of just kept on keepin on when it happened. I was already dirty and didnt care. So I just made a moat of rags around it and tryed to contain it at the time.
whatever, getting messy is part of the game
i kind of just kept on keepin on when it happened. I was already dirty and didnt care. So I just made a moat of rags around it and tryed to contain it at the time.
whatever, getting messy is part of the game
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go buy a bag of cat litter... if you think you need a 10# bag ??/ buy a 25# bag... dump it on the mess and come back tomorrow...
sweep up the mess and dispose of it in a most ecologically sound way... (dump it in the trash...)
then go buy two or three can of brake cleaner/ carb cleaner and spray/wipe for a while till the stain is gone.... It will be fun and a character building experience... one you will not soon forget I'm sure... but if you do ??? we will remind you at the most inopportune times
later
John
sweep up the mess and dispose of it in a most ecologically sound way... (dump it in the trash...)
then go buy two or three can of brake cleaner/ carb cleaner and spray/wipe for a while till the stain is gone.... It will be fun and a character building experience... one you will not soon forget I'm sure... but if you do ??? we will remind you at the most inopportune times
later
John
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yeah, and multiply that by 6 quarts for a C6, and you have one huge mess. Lucky for me, I was laying on a piece of pegboard when the pan let loose. Now I know why they lift these things 6 feet in the air in repair shops.
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My son did a similar thing, but to me; he was junking the 200-inch six and C4 out of his Maverick, and I told him, be sure to drain all the fluids first. When I went to pick it up to haul it to the boneyard, it dripped a little as usual. After three or four blocks it tipped over in the bed of my truck and when I went back to right it, the whole bed was an inch deep in ATF, antifreeze, and engine oil -- he hadn't drained any of them. 
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