MM and OPG yesterday, thanks BradW!
12-30-2008, 12:14 PM
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MM and OPG yesterday, thanks BradW!
Did motor mounts and oil pan gasket on my car yesterday. Brad offered his lift and shop to help. I think I drove him nuts thanking him, but man what a life saver!
Guessing it took us about 7 hours total. That is both of us working at a steady pace and my son helping for the last couple hours to scrub some parts and keeping our drinks full. Would have finished sooner, if I would not have been brain dead and forgot the big MM washers, twice on drivers side! Up side of that is, will not take me long to pull the rack out of my car if I ever have to! Other than that went pretty well.
Those of you that mentioned the front pan bolts being a PITA, were dead on. That is the hardest part of this job no doubt. The one behind the sending unit is especially fun. Our weapon of choice was the flex head gear wrench... that wrench alone on this job is worth its weight in gold!
The difference the MM make is amazing. I notice the difference when we cranked the car for the first time, and the vibration in seat, steering wheel is gone and car drives much smoother.
Again, thanks to the Brad and his better half, Roger, Sean for his advice, and John who never did show back up to help as he said he would. John just so you know the over under line in Vegas was 6 hours.
Guessing it took us about 7 hours total. That is both of us working at a steady pace and my son helping for the last couple hours to scrub some parts and keeping our drinks full. Would have finished sooner, if I would not have been brain dead and forgot the big MM washers, twice on drivers side! Up side of that is, will not take me long to pull the rack out of my car if I ever have to! Other than that went pretty well.
Those of you that mentioned the front pan bolts being a PITA, were dead on. That is the hardest part of this job no doubt. The one behind the sending unit is especially fun. Our weapon of choice was the flex head gear wrench... that wrench alone on this job is worth its weight in gold!
The difference the MM make is amazing. I notice the difference when we cranked the car for the first time, and the vibration in seat, steering wheel is gone and car drives much smoother.
Again, thanks to the Brad and his better half, Roger, Sean for his advice, and John who never did show back up to help as he said he would. John just so you know the over under line in Vegas was 6 hours.
12-30-2008, 06:58 PM
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Brad, You didn't bring beer. WTF was with the Gatorade? Don't try to throw me under the bus...I never said I was coming back. And all that after I came by and imparted my pearls of wisdom to you guys with techniques for doing the job. SHEESH!!
12-30-2008, 07:26 PM
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Thanks for swinging buy to make fun of us doing it on lift bars and moving slower than you guys. I know we could have cut the time by a few hours if we didn't have to keep getting up for tools and stuff. Great job guys.