working on my own car December 30, 2007, 12:04:00 PM well so far i installed the k&n filter bear got me for christmas...and replaced the lower hose after i forgot to turn the fans on..oops...i want to learn so bears teaching me aboout cars now.he said im lucky ididnt blow the head gasket so i guess thats a good thing Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #1 – December 30, 2007, 12:13:24 PM Right On!! My daughter helps when she want's me to work on her car, is doing a lot to build her confendance and respect for what goes into one. Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #2 – December 30, 2007, 12:31:40 PM Sweet! However... Bluetooth headset and sunglasses? Hmm... :) Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #3 – December 30, 2007, 01:10:04 PM Quote from: baxo;195011Sweet! However... Bluetooth headset and sunglasses? Hmm... :)yea she wears her sun glasses at night becouse here turbo smurf is so bright...........hey alex what is up with your vert i havent seen or heard any thing about it Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #4 – December 30, 2007, 05:31:56 PM Doing your own work......sweeeet.Rock on. Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #5 – December 30, 2007, 06:09:11 PM My daughter likes to make fools out of the so called carguys, mustang lovers at school.:burnout: Needless to say she doesn't get to many dates:D So keep at it and soon you will droping motors in your sleep. Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #6 – December 30, 2007, 08:33:15 PM Quote from: cougardoc;195056Needless to say she doesn't get to many dates:D Unless they are looking for repairs???My wife can take pictures...The G Marquis is getting a new tranny... Unfortunately came with the wrong torque converter, so the car is still on the lift... :( Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #7 – December 31, 2007, 10:45:50 AM Don't you just love parts people, they always pull and ship the proper parts. Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #8 – December 31, 2007, 09:50:43 PM Quote from: cougardoc;195123Don't you just love parts people, they always pull and ship the proper parts.Well I think I kinda been screwed... Trans was purchased from a independent rebuilder(ebay) in Fla... Tranny that was shipped came from Michigan and is a genuine Ford remanufactured unit(this is great I thought)... Well the nightmare begins... First off is the wrong converter(smaller '98 unit in the '93 trans)... Course it's a weekend and holiday so I can't contact anyone... Well a little checking reveals the flexplates changed in '96, so off I go this morning to the junk yard to scrounge up the correct one... OK it now all bolts up, next sign of problem, is a stripped starter bolt hole(lower one, so easy to use bolt and nut)... Then I find the shift levers are a little different, so that has to be swapped... ARRGHHH... Finally it's in, all bolted up fill it with fluid and run it through the gears, seems OK... Raise it up again and there's a puddle of fluid under the tail shaft, from the rear seal... WTF??? A quick shake of the drive shaft reveals, there is NO bushing in the tail housing!!! Sum Bish MF Go to HELL!!!! Not likely I can get a bushing tomrrow, prob swap tail housings... Someone is gonna catch it the 2nd.... Happy fornicatekin' New Year... BTW THUNDERGIRL, sorry for the hijack... Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #9 – December 31, 2007, 09:57:25 PM Parts people don't even send the right parts somedays. oh well Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #10 – January 01, 2008, 03:11:32 AM Quote from: Carpimp1987;195240Parts people don't even send the right parts somedays. oh wellThanks for clearin' that up.......:wtf: :rolleyes: Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #11 – January 01, 2008, 09:52:04 PM Quote from: TurboCoupe50;195238 A quick shake of the drive shaft reveals, there is NO bushing in the tail housing!!!Well I was wrong on that part... It has the wrong tail housing(bushing is too large)... After thinking about it a bit, I believe it's Mark VIII transmission instead of for the Grand Marquis(still has the wrong converter cause the '93 MK/8 and '93 G/M use the same flexplate)... Anyway I swapped tail housings and it's fine... Actually has noticeably more balls(mainly 1st gear), thinking it's possibly a 4R70W(that was molded into the Ford coffin it was shipped in)... I believe they appeared in '96 and that's when the flexplates changed... Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #12 – January 06, 2008, 11:06:27 PM Quote from: cougardoc;195056My daughter likes to make fools out of the so called carguys, mustang lovers at school.:burnout: Needless to say she doesn't get to many dates:D So keep at it and soon you will droping motors in your sleep.I'm interested!:hick: If a girl schooled me on cars I'd probably be in love. Quote Selected
working on my own car Reply #13 – January 06, 2008, 11:56:22 PM its good to see a woman working on her own car... i keep getting odd girls asking me to teach them how to work on cars... ugh.. i dont wanna be mean and say "it takes years of work and learning, someone just "teaching" you wont do squat!" so i just say "its just a lot of trial and error, i dont like to make errors anymore" :X ROCK ON!!! Quote Selected
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