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My oil change came with a prize!

Started by zarn02, April 16, 2011, 02:08:12 PM

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zarn02

#15
April 18, 2011, 03:48:40 PM
Finally tracked down a 14mm allen, and pulled the screen.

These bits aren't picked up by a magnet.


"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

chris1044

#16
April 19, 2011, 08:58:37 AM
Those are some fairly large chunks.

At this point you now have two options:

1) Put oil in it, pretend it didn't happen, ride it for another 500 miles until it really fails (possibly draining your wallet further),

or 2) Pull the covers and see what's going on...

64duc

#17
April 19, 2011, 09:29:46 AM
Quote from: zarn02 on April 16, 2011, 04:04:45 PM
Weeeelllllll.... rather embarrassingly, I discovered I don't own a 14mm Allen wrench. After I began my oil change. I'm as unimpressed with this as you are.

Sears also doesn't own one. :P


  AutoZone sells them.
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zarn02

#18
April 19, 2011, 09:38:16 AM
Quote from: 64duc on April 19, 2011, 09:29:46 AM

  AutoZone sells them.

Got the 14mm bit sorted.
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

nomadwarmachine

#19
April 19, 2011, 09:59:00 AM
Something came apart.  I would not start that motor until I identified what it was.

zarn02

#20
April 19, 2011, 12:16:45 PM
Quote from: nomadwarmachine on April 19, 2011, 09:59:00 AM
Something came apart.  I would not start that motor until I identified what it was.

Certainly not planning on it.

At the moment I'm waiting on some tools I need, and a shop manual. I'll then pull some covers, have a look-see, and decide if I feel talented enough to have a go at this myself, or if I'm going to put everything back together and take it to a shop.

My concerns with doing it myself, apart from the fact I've not done this before, is whether I'll have all the tools I need, and whether I can suss out a good workspace for the project.
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

Monsterlover

#21
April 19, 2011, 12:18:12 PM
Engines get a lot lighter when you pull the heads and cylinders off.

Do it in your kitchen.

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Duck-Stew

#22
April 19, 2011, 01:05:12 PM
I don't see anything on that sump that's too far out of the ordinary...  The bearing shell partial, however...  Now that IS definitely OUT of the ordinary!  [thumbsdown]
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scduc

#23
April 19, 2011, 03:25:34 PM
I guess I would go fishing through the drained oil and see what you come up with. Just because you have a piece on the magnet doesn't mean that thats all. Those magnets are kinda weak. Have you felt any non familiar vibrations or have any thought that something is different?
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zarn02

#24
April 21, 2011, 01:29:50 PM
Getting at the problem is proving somewhat more difficult than I'd hoped.

Apparently former owner, and/or his mech, employed gorillas to tighten bolts.

I have so far rounded out one 5mm trying to get it out (clutch slave), and broken the end off my 4mm trying to remove the alternator cover.

The clutch springs were also way over-torqued.

(Frustration mounts, and a sadness grows in Zarn's heart...)
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

Ddan

#25
April 21, 2011, 02:49:21 PM
Get a manual impact driver, it will become your new best friend
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qadthane

#26
April 21, 2011, 02:54:51 PM
+1 on the impact driver. I had an old Kawasaki many moons ago that was held together by phillpshead screws. They were a bear to get out and took pleasure in stripping.

Don't get disheartened; you will get there.
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zarn02

#27
April 21, 2011, 02:57:08 PM
Quote from: Dan on April 21, 2011, 02:49:21 PM
Get a manual impact driver, it will become your new best friend

My mech friend just got done telling me the exact same thing. [laugh]

So off to Sears we go...
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

Monsterlover

#28
April 21, 2011, 02:59:11 PM
Depending on your budged, a cordless impact with a 1/4 hex drive absolutely rocks.

DeWalt makes a nice one, but I'm partial to Bosch.  It hits harder ;)

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ducpainter

#29
April 21, 2011, 03:02:05 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on April 21, 2011, 02:59:11 PM
Depending on your budged, a cordless impact with a 1/4 hex drive absolutely rocks.

DeWalt makes a nice one, but I'm partial to Bosch.  It hits harder ;)

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Not the best for breaking small stuck fasteners loose IMO...I always strip them out with one of those.

Stick with the old tried and true hand impact.
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