March 23, 2012

  • Tonight we are young

    This blog has no real point other than to be a total car geek and say that on Sunday I'm going to be spending roughly 8-10 hours pulling the transmission out of my car so I can put a new clutch and flywheel in. I'll post pics just for you @jess_i_cuh cause I KNOW you're going to want to see. Lol. Gonna be such a headache of a job but all I really need is a few beers, a few burgers, lots of time and lots of tools. It's been a long time since I've actually gotten really down and dirty with my car. Last time I did was changing out the rusted out shifter base bushings and the cable bushings as well with new aftermarket bushings. Shifts like a dream ever since! Plus I don't think I've actually posted a picture of my car on here, so I might as well give you a look.

     

    In other news I've been falling asleep for the past 3 hours and havent managed to yet because I keep getting phone calls saying something along the lines of "OMG YOU'RE PUTTING IN A CLUTCH?! YOU'RE NUTS!!" *sigh* what I sacrifice to be a mechanic...lol.

     

    I won't be posting again until probably the day after the job is done. I'll have tons of pics to upload. But to give you an idea of what I'm doing, here's the list of everything I'll be going through on Sunday:

     

    1. Drain OEM transmission fluid, to be replaced with aftermarket full synthetic transmission fluid.

    2. Remove battery.

    3. Remove engine cover.

    4. Remove cruise control actuator assembly, then disconnect the wire harness and ground cable.

    5. Disconnect ground wire from the bottom of the transmission.

    6. Disconnect reverse-lamp harness.

    7. Remove slave cylinder and fluid lines.

    8. Disconnect transmission shifter cables.

    9. Remove starter.

    10. Remove axle hub nuts.

    11. Separate control arms from axle hubs.

    12. Hammer the halfshafts out of the hubs.

    13. Remove halfshafts in order to pull the transmission out.

    14. Remove rear engine motor mount

    15. Remove a bunch of bolts from suspension.

    16. Pull transmission out and clean it. 

    17. Remove clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel from bell housing and replace.

    18. Align clutch assembly and torque down pressure plate and flywheel.

    19. Lube input shaft splines.

    20. Attempt to align the clutch with the input shaft splines without swearing too much :)

     

    And once that last step is done, I can put everything back together, then adjust my clutch pedal free play and change my oil (I'm due). Those 20 steps are just a very very brief summation of what I actually need to do. Basically I'm taking apart the whole front subframe of my car in order to do this. If I spend 10 hours on this, and do it successfully, I'll thank myself later and so will my wallet for having saved a thousand bucks in labor charges. 

     

    Well that's all for now. I am soooooooooo looking forward to this!

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