Vivek's Vert.

[MattAvino]

^thats pretty cool.

On the manual steering, did you pack the rack with grease?

[$hane]

maybe im just lazy but i use this. takes about 45sec.

[FunfGan]

Hopefully it works better for you hahah. And I guarantee you won't get anywhere unless you can speak Chinese.

[Vivek]

Yeah it looks like a piece of crap. Hopefully it'll last through two more quarts. It does say "lifetime warranty" on the package though...not sure how hard it is to actually get another for free.

[FunfGan]

^ I used that pump to put fluid in my t5. It fell into itself literally 3 pumps in. I then bought one at half the price and have used it much since.

[Vivek]

Whooo finally. I managed to get the top one off with a ratchet and a hammer. I was sooo done with that bolt after spending so long on it. I got the bottom off pretty easily like this:

Drain plug magnet:

All clean:

Pump it in...


All I need now is two more quarts of ATF that I thought I had and this supposedly trivial job is finally done.

[Vivek]

I'm gonna buy a pipe after dinner. Hopefully I can get my fluid changed tonight.

[ADlBOO]

My tranny bolts were just as seized, took a couple hours of swearing and struggling, pb blaster and a dead blow hammer. It eventually surrendered.

[Jparkr]

In principle that would be the safe thing to do, but that won't happen. its a tapered bolt, they dont just suddenly free up. You'll get it to move a little bit, then it will move a little but more. Then eventually completely free up.

It'll make more sense when you get it out.

[Vivek]

I'll do this in like an hour. I may just remove the O2 sensor, buy a big pipe, and use that. I don't want it to suddenly break free and rip off my O2 sensor.

[Jparkr]

Can you get the wrench on to the other side of the O2 and face the rear of the car? then you can get the jack handle onto the end of your racket and use it for leverage pulling down. Even if it moves and little and stops at the O2 sensor you'll be in the clear.

[jaywood]

LOL at the 90lbs ^^^^



Looks like you need more leverage. You can always take out the sensor if it is in the way.

Also, put a pipe on the end of the wrench and use that as a breaker bar if you have nothing better.

[Vivek]

So i tried that, but the O2 sensor stops me from moving the ratchet to horizontal and pulling it down. I tried my best and pushed/pulled on it with all I had and it didn't budge.



Also, I tried it with a floor jack and a ratchet with a 6point socket instead of the open wrench...and I shit you not it moved the entire car. That part of the car came down quite a few mm's when I lowered the jack. Other than a lift and a GIANT breaker bar/pipe, I have no clue what to do.

[Jparkr]

Thinking about it more, even with blue lock tight, you should be able to break it free by hand. That is certainly less risky then the dead-blow which is more last resort because it could kink and round it even more.
In the pictures it looks like you are try to shove it upwards to break it free. Try re-positioning the socket and breaker bar and using all 90lbs of your body weight to pull it down. You'll save some/knuckles and fingers in the future that way as well.

[Jparkr]

looks like someone put blue lock tight on it.

You are going to need to get a 6point 17mm socket, hammer/tap it on over the rounded edges you created with the open end wrench, then get a breaker bar and a dead blow hammer. Hit the breaker with the dead-blow until you break it free. Then you'll be good to go.

Don't use anything besides a 6point 17mm socket at this point or you'll end up having to use big vise-grips