Ok - so I was changing my ATF tonight (started around 10). Took me about 15-20 mins to get the damn drain plug out (much straining), then the drain went just fine. Ok - so I clean the crud off of the magnet at the end of the plug, put my brand-spanking-new washer on, tighten down, and I'm ready to fill... except where's the GD fill hole??!!! I was worried I was going to have to fill it through the dip stick tube! Until, that is, I found the bolt that said "ATF". So I embark on trying to loosen the bolt.

HOLY SHIT, BAT MAN!

Over the course of the next 2 hours, I alternatively rested and struggled with the bolt.

Now - mind you, I am not a lightweight. I can bench my weight (200) and work-out 3x a week. But this GODDAMN BOLT WOULD NOT FREE UP!

So I had to get creative.

I used ice.

I took 3 cubes of ice and wrapped them around the ATF fill bolt (you know - the old concept that metal shrinks with temp)until it was cold but the tranny was still warm - and banged the fudge out of the bolt with a hammer until I thought it was enough... and viola! It loosened!

Moral: Get an impact wrench. With a long extension.



[ 08-07-2001: Message edited by: autoxCLS ]

 

LMAO, i was expecting a story about " i fought with the alcoholic and firearms force and won!!"

my BIG bad

Congrats on the plug, science class paid off

Later
Dantes

 

hahahahahaha ATF

Man, at least the shit didn't take you ELEVEN hours.

-J

 

wtf? if i remember correctly there is a fill hole in the engine bay. behind the intake. If i remember correctly theres no bolt? it's been awhile and i was a little stoned doint the work...so who knows

 

Uh - dude - don't you have a 1st gen 3.0?

Man - you must have been REALLY stoned if you forgot that part.



But yeah - there's a 3/8" bolt behind and to the left of the stock air box - just to the left of the master cylinder and brake resovoir. I know it's near the brake stuff because I kept banging my #$%^$%^@$%^ing knuckles on it.

And THEN I forgot to re-connect the wire harness that connects just to the right of the ATF fill hole on the tranny - it seemed like it was the lock-up part of the converter or something.

Anyone with a HELMS know WTF that wire is? I drove around the neighborhood REAL SLOW on the test drive and stopped and discovered its absence.