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Pouring with rain so pic is ****** which makes tails look darker, but ...
- Newly properly tinted tails courtesy of mr supercharged ss
- Rear 5/8" spacers to line up the wheels to the arches
That's it for today.
Lets see, todays project has been changing the transmission fluid and filter...
Lets just say I've got that good Government Motors feeling,who the ........Puts a shift bracket and exhaust cross over pipe so close you cannot drop the pan without moving one or the other?WTH is wrong with the engineers? My S10 Blazer and Bravada where easier to change than this full size truck!!!!
First of all a 1/2" difference on either one would save the hassle of getting to the bracket bolts on top of the trans (S10 and Bravada bracket uses pan bolts)...Or just alittle more clearance on the cross over pipe would allow manipulation of the pan and out...But Nooooooo....
Not to mention the previous owners service department must have used an air gun on the drain bolt(must have missed the torque wrench class).Had to go old school and tilt and drain the pan as I didnt have a new bolt on hand....I am shaking my head in case you couldn't tell.lol
That being said I am glad all the fluids and filters are fresh going into winter
The next trans service I will have a new drain bolt on hand and will heat the bolt with the pan off of the truck and remove...
It should have been easier..[/QUOTE
It is exactly what happen to me. I was not able to replace the filter. How did you get that done?
Pouring with rain so pic is ****** which makes tails look darker, but ...
- Newly properly tinted tails courtesy of mr supercharged ss
- Rear 5/8" spacers to line up the wheels to the arches
That's it for today.
more folks would probably see this if you posted in the right thread...
Finally got my white face cover in and after adjusting how hard I push the needles on three times it works flawless without sticking. I used my Garmin with echoroute that displays all my gauge info in real time to check the needle replacement accuracy and they are all dead on.
Lets see, todays project has been changing the transmission fluid and filter...
Lets just say I've got that good Government Motors feeling,who the ........Puts a shift bracket and exhaust cross over pipe so close you cannot drop the pan without moving one or the other?WTH is wrong with the engineers? My S10 Blazer and Bravada where easier to change than this full size truck!!!!
First of all a 1/2" difference on either one would save the hassle of getting to the bracket bolts on top of the trans (S10 and Bravada bracket uses pan bolts)...Or just alittle more clearance on the cross over pipe would allow manipulation of the pan and out...But Nooooooo....
Not to mention the previous owners service department must have used an air gun on the drain bolt(must have missed the torque wrench class).Had to go old school and tilt and drain the pan as I didnt have a new bolt on hand....I am shaking my head in case you couldn't tell.lol
That being said I am glad all the fluids and filters are fresh going into winter
The next trans service I will have a new drain bolt on hand and will heat the bolt with the pan off of the truck and remove...
It should have been easier..
It is exactly what happen to me. I was not able to replace the filter. How did you get that done?
I ended up using a large pry bar and tweaking the shift cable bracket after removing the shift cable from it...I didnt bend it anymore than needed so I could get it back into shape when finished....
I hate working like that but looking at the corrosion on the bracket hardware and the thought of dropping my drive shaft for access I chose to go that route.
If I have to do this to many more times I will burn together a new shift cable holder that will utilize the transmission bolts to hold it like on the Bravada that I just serviced....
