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They work very well until they don't. I'm sure the cheap battery in my multipurpose jump box has a limited life span, but I probably won't notice for a while simply because I'm not using it that much. If I ever start doing a lot with one, I'd need a professional model.
Side note: I'm supposed to receive my catalytic converter assembly today. If it comes early enough, I'll take it to the muffler shop right away. While it's not illegal to drive with the noise, I'm very careful to avoid revving the engine, as it could still get me in trouble other ways. I don't like loud.
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This is what the new upper exhaust assembly looked like before it was installed. It came late Friday evening, so I had to wait until Saturday morning. I was there waiting when the owner showed up. He remembered that I had come in previously and, once he was ready to get things started for the day, he got right on it. It took about an hour. The car is very quiet now. All I have left is to inspect the steering rack on the bottom, and find the source of the oil leak.
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(04-03-2021, 01:13 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: This is what the new upper exhaust assembly looked like before it was installed. It came late Friday evening, so I had to wait until Saturday morning. I was there waiting when the owner showed up. He remembered that I had come in previously and, once he was ready to get things started for the day, he got right on it. It took about an hour. The car is very quiet now. All I have left is to inspect the steering rack on the bottom, and find the source of the oil leak.
How beautifully all of this has come together for you. Praise the Lord. I am happy for you.
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Well, I'm calling it off for now. Without having a lift, I can't get where I can see the steering rack or the oil leak. The latter is somewhere under the intake manifold, but it requires room to look it at from all angles. I've done as much as I can. The steering is stiff, but manageable. I'll just wait until the Lord provides.
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Would ramps work? I used those before, if you can believe it, but that was for oil changes (not quite ideal since the car is at an angle).
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04-09-2021, 09:26 PM
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It would have to be the really long and expensive kind, because my car sits very close to the ground in front. I can just barely get a rolling floor jack under it. I'm sure something will come up before long. The Lord always provides.
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Jack stands bro. I spent 8 years building my truck with all the hot rod, go fast goodies on dirt. I bought 18" pavers and set my jack stands on them. Not only that, it was level even the ground weren't. I finally got the old gal on the road running sweet, then I wrecked her. She sits out back awaiting my attention and I will get to it...eventually.
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Smart, Bro, but the discussion needs context. Jack stands I have; getting the car up high enough to see everything is the issue. If I get a high lift jack or two, I'd have no place to keep them in my apartment. And fiddling around with that sort of thing in our parking lot would be a good way to get the wrong kind of attention from property management. They've been tolerant of me so far, but others have been ordered to move their vehicles to a shop somewhere. We don't have any hobby places here where a fellow could rent a stall with a lift by the hour (I believe there's something in the government regulations to inhibit such things).
But I know that my God has a plan, so I'm waiting to see what it is.
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Alright, so I completed one more task: the transmission. The hardest part was getting accurate information on what and where. Turns out the manual transmission is filled from the top. Instead of the usual threaded plug in the casing, it's built into the shift fitting. I had to take out the battery and tray in order to see and access everything. Turns out the leak has been coming from the very spot where I had to work.
The mechanical manual I got is missing one very important piece of information, and online sources didn't have it either: the fill spout looks nothing like one. On the exterior shift lever, there's a small metal tube that sticks out at an odd angle. I had to manually rotate and lift this shift control thing and then pour the fluid in through that spout. It was covered with a snap-on plastic cap that was very loose. So far as I can tell, that has been the source of the leak. I'll order a new one, but for now, I put some stretch film inside of it to snug it up. We'll see if the leak slows down or stops.
I bought a little plastic pump with a collection of mixed tubing designed to handle the gear lube in the section for boating stuff at Walmart. That way I don't have to remove the battery and tray every time I want to get to it. At the very least this was a partial success, so that's one more problem solved. Thanks for your prayers.
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From what I understand of mechanical work, which isn't much, a lot of the granular work involves trial and error and feeling things out, the kind of things you learn more from experience and age, rather than textbooks.
Whenever I do the rare car maintenance, I realize feeling things out, outside of Youtube help or stuff in the manual, gets me through the final steps of the solution.
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