Sunday, January 17, 2010

Where did the weekend go?

Seems like all I did this weekend was work and sleep.  I have made a decision on what to do with the transmission issue.

I am going to attempt to remove the transmission on my own.  If I am successfull I will then determine where the leak is.  Hopefully I will be able to replace the front seal myself.  If not it will be off to the transmission shop for the work.  Since I have to take a lot of crap off of the car just to get the transmission out, I plan on also replacing the O2 sensor, replacing the guibo, and also repair the exhaust system.

When I get enough guts up to start this project I will be sure to post pictures.
We have pinewood derby this week so I will post a few pics of that and any pictures of the car as I take it apart.

Have a good night,

Darren

Thursday, January 14, 2010

A Happy New Year!

The holiday season was good to me.  I got some goodies for the Scorpio and I have a lot of plans to work on the Scorpio. 

Crossing my fingers I think the radiator might be okay.  It turns out the leak I saw was coming from a loose hose clamp on the top radiator hose.  I tightened it up and so far so good.

The bad news is the front seal on the transmission is definitely leaking.  This transmission is notorious for this and now I have to debate on whether to just replace the seal, or take out the transmission and rebuild it.  It is working fine, so that makes the decision a little harder.  I will keep you posted when I figure it out. 

I will post an update later this weekend when I get some work done on the car.

Later,

Darren