Tranny gaskets...

[Doug Krebs]

So I'm doing the 100,000 mile maintenance on the cavalier before our long road trip which entails changing the tranny fluid and filter. I should have known better than to use the rubber gasket that came with the filter from changing so many raptors out in the blazer. I woke up this morning to a nice size puddle of tranny fluid on the ground this morning.

Guess I'll repeat the process tonight

[Seth]

make sure not to overtighten the pan polts and that they arent overtightened already - if so hammer the pan back flat

[Doug Krebs]

yeah, i made sure not to overtighten them. The pan is an irregular shape, so I think thats part of the problem.

[Fredo]

i ****ing hate automatic tranny pans. I love how it took them somewhere near 75 years to go, "hey, wait a minute, maybe we should put a drain plug in that thing."

[Seth]

man you have no idea - when you do it all day long....

[Doug Krebs]

man you have no idea - when you do it all day long....

well ****, what I'm I doing ****ing around with this, I could have just drove the car over to you!

[uglyota]

I borrowed a boat oil change pump the last time I did one...long straw with a 12v pump
stick the straw down the dipstick hole, drain the fluid, pull the pan, no problem. That spoiled me and I'm now 10k overdue for my next fluid change
yeah doug get a cork gasket or make one with that gasket material from tsc, xacto knife and a hole punch. The torque specs are only like 8ft-lb

[agjohn02]

[AggieTJ2007]

Those boat oil change pumps arent very much , Ive got 2 of them, one runs on a batter and the other on suction

[BMFScout]

I've got one of those in the front of my scout pan b/c it didn't have one on the other side of the pump. It leaks awesome!

[uglyota]

can I borrow one?

[Doug Krebs]

I tightened it up a little more in the spot that it was leaking and it didn't leak any over night.

I'm not putting a drain plug in a cavalier...

Getting the fluid out isn't a big deal. I got used to it after doing it on the raptor a couple times.

Also, this doesn't have a dipstick. It has a fill hole, and a check hole. You fill it up till it comes out the drain hole. Then you start it, run it through the gears, and add fluid again until it comes out he drain hole. Makes it hard to put the wrong amount of fluid in, although it sucks to check.

[fbronco86]

I tightened it up a little more in the spot that it was leaking and it didn't leak any over night.

I'm not putting a drain plug in a cavalier...

Getting the fluid out isn't a big deal. I got used to it after doing it on the raptor a couple times.

Also, this doesn't have a dipstick. It has a fill hole, and a check hole. You fill it up till it comes out the drain hole. Then you start it, run it through the gears, and add fluid again until it comes out he drain hole. Makes it hard to put the wrong amount of fluid in, although it sucks to check.

A cavalier is a throw away car just get a new one.

Good luck on your trip to yankee land

[Doug Krebs]

A cavalier is a throw away car just get a new one.

Good luck on your trip to yankee land

seriously, I washed and waxed it last night too. It should be thrown away before that

Thanks, I'll call you when we need to change the fuel pump

[jerryg79]

seriously, I washed and waxed it last night too. It should be thrown away before that

Thanks, I'll call you when we need to change the fuel pump

I think I got free tickets to the Jankees next Friday night......I'll find out when I goto pick up the trailer for super secret steel salvage.

gimme a call if you need anything, which way are you going?