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Title: Had One of Those Days
Post by: cbs2 on 24 March 2008, 17:49:27

Took the mig to the folks house over the weekend near inverness
Took the new front & rear discs & pads, gear box oil, filters & gaskets to borrow their garage( big enough to get the mig in with about a metre either side - bliss)
I ended up assisting my dad as he tore into the brakes with gusto. rear calipers are furb'd, so the fronts got changed & the gearbox oil & filter was changed.

During the day the mig was turned round on the driveway to back it into the garage. As I nosed it into the corner of the drive to spin it round, I didn't notice the 6-8 inch high post that secures the gate open. it went into the wheel arch on full lock, when opposite lock was on, the funny noise came from this.

(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj77/dirrrtydawgg/22032008041-1.jpg)

Oops :P

It looked shocking, but to be fair to the car, it mostly clipped back together again, with a bit of new metalwork from my dad.

I need to share the great idea my dad had for filling the gearbox oil. An old brake fluid changer was used. it has a filler bottle, with an outlet pipe & a tyre adaptor. it uses the tyre pressure to blow 1/2 a litre of oil in in a few minutes. great bit of kit.
handy hints courtesy of brs2 ;)

Title: Re: Had One of Those Days
Post by: miggy on 24 March 2008, 19:09:14

Sorry to see the miggy with a bad nose.........as long as it went together ok.

Title: Re: Had One of Those Days
Post by: TheBoy on 24 March 2008, 19:38:13

Seen an easibleed used to fill autobox before. Trouble is, you have to keep refilling bottle.

Title: Re: Had One of Those Days
Post by: cbs2 on 24 March 2008, 21:19:10

thats true. the bottle only held 1/2 a litre, only good thing is the speed it pumps it.

Title: Re: Had One of Those Days
Post by: Jukeboxnut on 24 March 2008, 22:27:01

I have an easibleed and have often thought that it could be modified to fill the gearbox.

With a larger container though you would need to reduce the pressure somewhat to prevent a very messy dexron explosion or use a thick walled container.

At work we use very thick walled glass containers (Winchester quarts)for storing Methanol which apparently cannot be recycled.

I can feel a project coming on to modify one for an autobox oil change when the weather improves.

Title: Re: Had One of Those Days
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 March 2008, 23:20:10

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I have an easibleed and have often thought that it could be modified to fill the gearbox.

With a larger container though you would need to reduce the pressure somewhat to prevent a very messy dexron explosion or use a thick walled container.

At work we use very thick walled glass containers (Winchester quarts)for storing Methanol which apparently cannot be recycled.

I can feel a project coming on to modify one for an autobox oil change when the weather improves.

IT can be reused in some car engines!!

Title: Re: Had One of Those Days
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 March 2008, 23:31:34

I can testify that an easibleed makes light work of filling gearboxes. Although a killaspray fits a lot more fluid in, and there were some nice ones going cheap at the local Aldi / Lidl recently.  :y

Just need to put a schrader valve in mine for the compressor so I don't even have to pump it up.

Kevin