Okay, thanks.
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08-19-2014
Okay, thanks.
08-19-2014
i pull behind my local stores and raid the card board containers out back. take a large box cut it in 1/2 good for working on and under the car and catching drips. its free no cares about getting more.
you can slide out from under a car on a sheet of card board so easy compared to with out any.
08-19-2014
Or if you walk into any store ever and ask for boxes they will give them out like candy. At Menards a guy was moving so we saved a mornings worth of boxes for him and left them in the bed of his truck and by the time I left you couldn't see the truck anymore.
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08-19-2014
Yep, that's what I did, ran down to the local grocery store and asked them for a couple of boxes. Pizza boxes work well, too, but we didn't have any of those. That's a weekend item, I guess...lol. And yes, you do slide better on cardboard! I'm going out to put the cardboard down and take a few pics of my cleanup job before it starts pouring......
08-19-2014
The top pic is of a new mount from AZ, mine is the bottom one. I see now just how smushed mine really is! lol About 2 mins. after I got outside it started pouring down rain, so I am waiting on putting down the cardboard till it stops.
I did clean it really good, so why is it looking so oily? Is it because there's still fluid coming out of it when it moves?
08-19-2014
id find and fix your leak before doing the mount. as the oil leak will just kill the new mount.
08-19-2014
Factory mount is hydraulic (aka filled with fluid.) Things that leak in that area...oil pressure sender, front crank seal, oil filter gasket, or oil filter housing gasket. And last but not least, that stupid stock mount.
08-19-2014
That's exactly what I plan on doing, that is, if mother nature decides to cooperate.Originally Posted by Scottydoggs
08-19-2014
I've already eliminated the oil pressure sensor/switch/sender, the oil filter gasket, the oil filter housing gasket and valve cover gaskets. Oh, and didn't see anything wet coming from the balancer area either. I know the oil pan does leak right where the "pointy end" is, that is, nearest to the mount/bracket. After this rain I'm going to re-check everything once again, just to be positive.
08-19-2014
Just finished talking with my eldest son and he's buying a house with a pole barn, so in about a month he'll be moving there. Another $64,000 question...lol...will it be ok to drive it as is for another month? I'm thinking it would be, but would like to know what others have to say about it, if you would, please. I only drive it 2-3 days a week and not long distances. He'll have a cherry picker then, too, and all 3 of the boys will be helping me.
Actually what'll end up happening is them telling me to get out of the way and just "supervise". LOL Fine by me......
08-19-2014
Just check the oil level regularly and if it smells like burning oil I wouldn't drive it. Depending on where its leaking I'm not sure if it would effect oil pressure. But scotty and other should know, my 3800 doesn't leak any oil
Just coolant....
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08-19-2014
Will do. Don't know if I'd rather have a coolant leak or an oil leak...lol.
08-19-2014
Coolant all day, because the oil pan is a bish to replace or any of the other spots they leak from.
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08-19-2014
Neither are good lol. Both can be hard and easy to fix depending on what it is. I'd say drive it once, and check the area and see if it's horrible already. If not you could wait and keep checking
Just fix the leak Russ lol
08-19-2014
what you need a cherry picker for?
motor mounts can be done with a floor jack and a 2x6 across the trans and oil pans, unbolt the mounts jack the engine up so replace.
you'll want to change the trans mount 99% of the time when you do a motor mount.
oh take the two strut mounts off before jacking the engine up, aka dog bones.
08-19-2014
As it looks as if the rain is done for awhile, I think I'll take it out for a spin and bring it back and let it sit on cardboard over night.
I saw a couple of videos for replacing the motor mounts and the oil pan and both looked easier for us to do with the cherry picker. I'm not really sure how to do it with the 2x6 and a floor jack, haven't seen any videos or write-ups on doing it that way. I want to do both the mounts and the oil pan at the same time.
08-19-2014
ok im on board now, lifting the engine should help a ton when doing the oil pan. that things a pita.
08-19-2014
Yes, it IS going to be a pita! Instead of trying to do it in a parking lot, I'd rather wait and be able to work on it inside a building. No worries if it rains, etc.
08-19-2014
true...
08-20-2014
Your fine. Are you sure it is not the oil sensor. Mines is the oil sensor. When i started up my car i seen oil dripping from it slowly but Im sure as i drive the car the oil pressure goes up which cause it to drip more
Are these channel locks fine to replace the oil sensor? Dont judge them, i left them outside in the rain once lol
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