Biggest Mess.........ever?
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Joined: Jan 2006
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First time I serviced an auto transmission I was fortunate enough to have use of a lift. Im standing underneath this truck with every single bolt out of the trans pan (mistake #1) and I am tapping it with a rubber mallet. It wont come loose so I decide to go get another tool and as I walked under the transmission the pan instantly let go. The pan dropped on my head and soaked me from head to toe in hot transmission fluid. I didnt have any other clothes with me so I opted to drive home naked rather than ruin my seats. I sure am glad I didnt get pulled over on the way!!!
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: South Bend, IN
I'm gonna have to go with the incident on my Thunderbird.
I was in the process of changing the tranny fluid and didn't bother to follow fluid lines for draining. So I proceeded to remove a cooler that I thought was the tranny cooler.
I was wrong. It was the power steering cooler. Once I started the car up power steering fluid shot as far as 10 feet all over the garage, all over me, all over my dad, and all over my project car.
Lesson learned - Follow lines if you're not sure.
I was in the process of changing the tranny fluid and didn't bother to follow fluid lines for draining. So I proceeded to remove a cooler that I thought was the tranny cooler.
I was wrong. It was the power steering cooler. Once I started the car up power steering fluid shot as far as 10 feet all over the garage, all over me, all over my dad, and all over my project car.
Lesson learned - Follow lines if you're not sure.
