Mod Day Question
03-30-2005 | 12:49 PM
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From: Owings Mills, MD
Originally Posted by FF2Skip,Mar 30 2005, 12:27 PM
Just got off the phone with Jeff. Joe will be bringing down LE-607, GM Synchro FM, oil filters, and cabin filters. I would encourage folks to consider purchasing some of these items, even if they're not for immediate use.
03-30-2005 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by w1ngman,Mar 30 2005, 12:15 PM
If all this talk is related to "doing fluid changes" at Mid-A Mod day... Ummm, please consider having suitable containers to store/carry off used fluids. We don't need to be jacking D-22 up with a buncha oils that need carting away. And you'll want to have a container that won't spill/leak in your own trunk when you tear outta dodge and go, "Oh shit! 
, now I have a trunk full of oil 
"Just plan ahead
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03-30-2005 | 01:52 PM
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From: Lewisville, TX
Originally Posted by Poindexter,Mar 30 2005, 05:14 PM
It isn't like the Chief of Police or anything lives next door.......just dump it in the street............oh wait............the Chief does live next door
03-30-2005 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by FF2Skip,Mar 30 2005, 02:42 PM
AC Delco = GM Synchro FM. I actually have the AC Delco label on my shelf.
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03-30-2005 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jnn4v,Mar 30 2005, 11:46 PM
Actually, I'm pretty sure they make a Friction Modified version AND a regular version. Make 100% SURE you get the FM version.
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03-31-2005 | 01:24 PM
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When you use the LE-607, you'll find it flows a bit better if you leave the bottles in the sun for a while before trying to push it into the differential. If the sun isn't out, fill a bucket with hot water and place the full (unopened) bottles of oil in the bucket to warm the oil. The stuff will still be pretty thick, but it does seem to help a bit (tried it once with cold oil and it was a real pain).
When you get ready to do the diff and tranny order new crush washers - they are cheap and will help keep the fluids in place. Hardtopguy has the washers. The other thing we did on the tech day was to make sure we could remove the filler plug before pulling the drain plug. No one had any problems getting the fill plug out at my tech day, but better safe than sorry.
I use a big syringe I got from Griots to put the fluid in the tranny and differential. It would be a real pain to do it without some sort of device like that.
John
When you get ready to do the diff and tranny order new crush washers - they are cheap and will help keep the fluids in place. Hardtopguy has the washers. The other thing we did on the tech day was to make sure we could remove the filler plug before pulling the drain plug. No one had any problems getting the fill plug out at my tech day, but better safe than sorry.
I use a big syringe I got from Griots to put the fluid in the tranny and differential. It would be a real pain to do it without some sort of device like that.
John
03-31-2005 | 01:32 PM
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John, the microwave works, too. 
Just gotta keep an eye on it. 
Your suggestion of removing the filler plugs is spot on. I actually do it to keep the fluids flowing out smoothly instead of pulsing out. I haven't however, switched out washers, save one time. I simply just flip 'em over.
Just gotta keep an eye on it. Your suggestion of removing the filler plugs is spot on. I actually do it to keep the fluids flowing out smoothly instead of pulsing out. I haven't however, switched out washers, save one time. I simply just flip 'em over.