WHY DO PEOPLE OVERTIGHTEN THE OIL DRAIN PLUG!!!!! F#%@k. Rant---->
11-11-2005, 06:25 PM
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WHY DO PEOPLE OVERTIGHTEN THE OIL DRAIN PLUG!!!!! F#%@k. Rant---->
Yes this is really mostly just a rant and a waste of cyberspace...
The car has been dealer serviced it's whole life, and serviced very well at that, except for some bonehead put the plug on with a impact wrench! I actually put my 1/2 inch snap-on breaker bar on it (it's 2 FEET long) and with all my weight bouncing on it didn't move it. PB blaster, a little heat, nothing. More heat and PB tomorrow.
For now I simply sucked out the oil with my 12V oil changer pump/bucket but what a pain. I did however go over the whole car this evening and check all the little do-dads and made a list of to-do's and needed parts.....
Exhaust is leaking pretty bad (good excuse to upgrade)
DV is stock and must be ready to die (Again, good excuse)
Tranny mounts are weak, on drivers side is cracked
Sway bar bushing is split so that means i need a WHOLE sway right! ;-) ---And they have to match so rear needs to be replaced too!! ;-P
That's about it, she's nice and solid otherwise.... yay!
The car has been dealer serviced it's whole life, and serviced very well at that, except for some bonehead put the plug on with a impact wrench! I actually put my 1/2 inch snap-on breaker bar on it (it's 2 FEET long) and with all my weight bouncing on it didn't move it. PB blaster, a little heat, nothing. More heat and PB tomorrow.
For now I simply sucked out the oil with my 12V oil changer pump/bucket but what a pain. I did however go over the whole car this evening and check all the little do-dads and made a list of to-do's and needed parts.....
Exhaust is leaking pretty bad (good excuse to upgrade)
DV is stock and must be ready to die (Again, good excuse)
Tranny mounts are weak, on drivers side is cracked
Sway bar bushing is split so that means i need a WHOLE sway right! ;-) ---And they have to match so rear needs to be replaced too!! ;-P
That's about it, she's nice and solid otherwise.... yay!
11-11-2005, 06:53 PM
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I understand that, just didn't want to strip the threads on the pan...
As soon as it I put all my weight on it and it wouldn't come I stopped. I know it's better to use an impact on as low a setting as possible to get it off. I just can't believe they'd put it on the hard, dumb.
I tried my small hand impact driver (that you whack with a hammer) to see if *maybe* that would shock it enough.... no. S.O. air impact comes out tomorrow.
I tried my small hand impact driver (that you whack with a hammer) to see if *maybe* that would shock it enough.... no. S.O. air impact comes out tomorrow.
