flatlander
plays dirty when losing
But first a story.
As I now have a weather protected and heated area to work, and I'm working 2nd shift, I decided to tackle the trans and rear end swap on that damn truck.
First and easiest step is to unbolt the dipstick tube from the valve cover and yank it before climbing under. Bolt pulled easy, dipstick tube did not. This is strange as since as you know I have had my trans out numerous times and can drop the tube in while sneezing at the same time. So I grab a set of channel locks and tug, but still nothing.
Only thing to do is climb under and try it from below.
I get the channel locks on it and give it a slight twist and pry and it pops out easily.
Here's where I figured out that it was overfilled.
The atf which was up until now riding up the dipstick tube takes advantage of its newfound freedom to team up with gravity and hit paydirt directly in my left eye, which was strategically placed there by an imbecile. The before mentioned imbecile then jerks his head out of the stream which then places in order: the left nostril and then the open mouth into the stream before removing the head from the target zone. Note to imbecile: Close your mouth from now on.
So now I'm 10 minutes into this and I have had an atf bath.
Live and learn
As I now have a weather protected and heated area to work, and I'm working 2nd shift, I decided to tackle the trans and rear end swap on that damn truck.
First and easiest step is to unbolt the dipstick tube from the valve cover and yank it before climbing under. Bolt pulled easy, dipstick tube did not. This is strange as since as you know I have had my trans out numerous times and can drop the tube in while sneezing at the same time. So I grab a set of channel locks and tug, but still nothing.
Only thing to do is climb under and try it from below.
I get the channel locks on it and give it a slight twist and pry and it pops out easily.
Here's where I figured out that it was overfilled.
The atf which was up until now riding up the dipstick tube takes advantage of its newfound freedom to team up with gravity and hit paydirt directly in my left eye, which was strategically placed there by an imbecile. The before mentioned imbecile then jerks his head out of the stream which then places in order: the left nostril and then the open mouth into the stream before removing the head from the target zone. Note to imbecile: Close your mouth from now on.
So now I'm 10 minutes into this and I have had an atf bath.
Live and learn