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Fat Guy Racing
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I posted this on Facebook but figured I'd share it here for others to get a bit of a laugh at my expense. ;) Thanks to [MENTION=12783]Anthony@HTM[/MENTION] for a good deal on Amsoil fluid...
Begin rant:
Change your transmission fluid to Amsoil, it will be GREAT they said! MT82s love it! Cool. Let’s do this before this weekend’s hpde.
Started @ 3:30ish. Went to Walmart (yea, I went to Walmart the store I despise more than any other) to get a 8mm hex socket. Figure that would be better than a regular allen wrench. They didn’t have it individually; only in a set for $10. I didn’t need a set of 10 sizes, just one, and I’m not giving Walmart any extra money. Off to Lowe’s, in the opposite direction. They have the individual; but for $8. $20 for the same set of 10 that was $10 @ Walmart. Fuck it. I buy the one I need.
Get home put the car up on ramps and jack stands in the rear. Get set and go to put the pump on one of the quart bottles of transmission fluid. The damn pump I bought from Amazon last week doesn’t fit. Amsoil quarts have a gallon size top. Fuck me. Take the car off the jack stands, drive to O’Reiley’s (RIGHT NEXT TO WALMART) to get a new pump that will fit. $10. Back home, back on ramps and stands. Get underneath the car, use fancy new $8 hex socket to open fill port. Fucker doesn’t fit between the tranny and the tunnel. Ask my garage neighbor if he has anything that would work. Nope. Take the car off stands and go back to LOWE’S for a good old generic 8mm allen wrench.
Get to Lowe’s and realize my wallet is in the garage. FUCK. ME. Luckily I have fancy new 8mm hex socket my pocket and they let me exchange that for a cheapo set of 10 allen wrenches for $2.75. $5 back in my pocket. Win?.
Get back home, back on jacks, get everything set…. Open fill port (always open the fill before the drain. Would really suck to drain it only to not be able to fill it!). Drain jug and funnel all set... loosen drain plug... Motherfucking funnel slips while hot fluid is pouring out. Where does it slip? Toward me. Toward my head. Hot, nasty smelling transmission fluid all over the side of my head, chest and now the moving blanket I use on the ground. It’s not like my fat ass is moving quickly underneath a car that is only 12” off the ground. There are 2.7 quarts in the car. 1 made it to the collection jug. The rest on me and the ground. Did I mention it doesn’t taste good either? Trust me, it doesn’t.
Fuck it all. Let it drain out for the next 20 minutes onto the moving blanket. Wipe up that mess enough to just finish the damn job. Pump in the fluid along with the $22 0.9oz of Motorcraft XL18 and wrap up a 45 minute job nearly 4 hours later.
TL/DR: Shit happens. :frusty:
Begin rant:
Change your transmission fluid to Amsoil, it will be GREAT they said! MT82s love it! Cool. Let’s do this before this weekend’s hpde.
Started @ 3:30ish. Went to Walmart (yea, I went to Walmart the store I despise more than any other) to get a 8mm hex socket. Figure that would be better than a regular allen wrench. They didn’t have it individually; only in a set for $10. I didn’t need a set of 10 sizes, just one, and I’m not giving Walmart any extra money. Off to Lowe’s, in the opposite direction. They have the individual; but for $8. $20 for the same set of 10 that was $10 @ Walmart. Fuck it. I buy the one I need.
Get home put the car up on ramps and jack stands in the rear. Get set and go to put the pump on one of the quart bottles of transmission fluid. The damn pump I bought from Amazon last week doesn’t fit. Amsoil quarts have a gallon size top. Fuck me. Take the car off the jack stands, drive to O’Reiley’s (RIGHT NEXT TO WALMART) to get a new pump that will fit. $10. Back home, back on ramps and stands. Get underneath the car, use fancy new $8 hex socket to open fill port. Fucker doesn’t fit between the tranny and the tunnel. Ask my garage neighbor if he has anything that would work. Nope. Take the car off stands and go back to LOWE’S for a good old generic 8mm allen wrench.
Get to Lowe’s and realize my wallet is in the garage. FUCK. ME. Luckily I have fancy new 8mm hex socket my pocket and they let me exchange that for a cheapo set of 10 allen wrenches for $2.75. $5 back in my pocket. Win?.
Get back home, back on jacks, get everything set…. Open fill port (always open the fill before the drain. Would really suck to drain it only to not be able to fill it!). Drain jug and funnel all set... loosen drain plug... Motherfucking funnel slips while hot fluid is pouring out. Where does it slip? Toward me. Toward my head. Hot, nasty smelling transmission fluid all over the side of my head, chest and now the moving blanket I use on the ground. It’s not like my fat ass is moving quickly underneath a car that is only 12” off the ground. There are 2.7 quarts in the car. 1 made it to the collection jug. The rest on me and the ground. Did I mention it doesn’t taste good either? Trust me, it doesn’t.
Fuck it all. Let it drain out for the next 20 minutes onto the moving blanket. Wipe up that mess enough to just finish the damn job. Pump in the fluid along with the $22 0.9oz of Motorcraft XL18 and wrap up a 45 minute job nearly 4 hours later.
TL/DR: Shit happens. :frusty:
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