In message <ED8EF88F1CC7D011A9F500805FC1A051E370E0@EXCHANGE>you write:
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>Hi all-
>I was wondering If anyone knew if it was possible to replace the oil pan
>gasket on my 1975 1500 with the motor in the car. Are there any special
>techniques, rotation of the crank, loosening of the motor mounts to jack-up
>the engine, etc. I was trying to curtail the oil seepage around the pan
>gasket yesterday after finding a few of the bolts loose, but tightening them
>didn't do the trick, now I'm going to do it the right way!
You don't need to do anything special, just jack the front of the car up
and use jack stands. There are bolts of different length, just keep track
where they came from. The manual says smear grease onto the both side of
the new gasket. But, I seems to remember some discussion on the list about
the pros and cons on using silicon instead. Anyone remember what was the
consenses?
>I guess I had better check the thrust washer situation while I'm in there!
>
Yes, it's a good ideal to check the play on the thrust washer. I've done
that with a digital caliper. I was under the car with a large
screwdriver and a helper in the driver seat. I pry back the crank via
the pully with the screwdriver. I then wedge and zero the caliper
between the pully and the front frame member. At this point I ask the
the helper to depress the clutch pedel and the amount of movement is
indicated on the caliper. I did this about 7 times and the measurments
ranged from .003-.005" within tolerance of .004-.008". I know that is
not the most accurate way to measure this but I just use what I had on
hand to do this.
>Second question is, has anyone ever tried to change the differential oil? I
>didn't see a drain plug on the bottom of the unit to let the old stuff out.
>You must have to use an oil suction gun to get the old oil out?
Yes, the only was to get the oil out without openning the diff. is to
suck it out.
>
>Final question ( I promise!), does anybody have a preferred supplier for a
>replacement heater valve? I've seen a lot of talk about inferior quality of
>replacement heater valves. I was even contemplating putting a valve on from
>a Japanese car (GASP!), as these are made out of plastic and seem to last
>forever.
Can't help you there maybe someone else on the list can give you that info.
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Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng. |/ | | |
Concordia University Voice:(514)848-3115 Fax:(514)848-2802
1455 de Maisonneuve W. H961 Email:dave@ece.concordia.ca
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8 http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~dave/addr.html
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