so the V8 auto is a recent purchase and when booted hard with my size 17's she banged through the gears a bit.so i let a bit of the oil out the sump and it was minging looked more like engine oil out of my 300tdi.
no worries got a new filter fresh bottle of dextron2 O rings etc and thought i would spend sunday afternon changing it.
so with my blinkers on i could see 6 bolts holding up the sump ideal this wont take too long...........OMG who designed that mess under the disco had to drop the down pipes unbolt center section then realised the cross member and the fooking anti roll bar both had to be moved.
so what looked like a hour or 2 job was 6 just to get it all off then some awkward git put T27 screws holding the oil filter in my kit only having t15, t20, t25 etc had to use plenty on heat on all the big bits snapped a manifold bolt.
checked the time and it was 9pm
. not bad but not good with the wife needing the car at 8am and me having to get up for work at 5am got it all back together and all tools in the house and made it to bed just after 130am.
i can see why no body had done it before, still the old bird is smooth as you like through the gears now.
the moral of the story is landys are good but designed and built by numptys so dont start any jobs on a sunday cause its always going to take longer than you expect:doh:
no worries got a new filter fresh bottle of dextron2 O rings etc and thought i would spend sunday afternon changing it.
so with my blinkers on i could see 6 bolts holding up the sump ideal this wont take too long...........OMG who designed that mess under the disco had to drop the down pipes unbolt center section then realised the cross member and the fooking anti roll bar both had to be moved.
so what looked like a hour or 2 job was 6 just to get it all off then some awkward git put T27 screws holding the oil filter in my kit only having t15, t20, t25 etc had to use plenty on heat on all the big bits snapped a manifold bolt.
checked the time and it was 9pm
. not bad but not good with the wife needing the car at 8am and me having to get up for work at 5am got it all back together and all tools in the house and made it to bed just after 130am.i can see why no body had done it before, still the old bird is smooth as you like through the gears now.
the moral of the story is landys are good but designed and built by numptys so dont start any jobs on a sunday cause its always going to take longer than you expect:doh:
