Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/7/9 12:44:34
Thanks Don, that's good advice on the seals. I was wondering what I would use to replace them. I'll swing by Lowe's this weekend and pick up something that will work.
I finished reinstalling the heater box to the firewall and hooked all the parts up inside the cabin. I also cleaned up the replacement heater control valve (thanks Ross!) and installed that. My car was missing the valve when I got it. After I cleaned this one up I did my best to test it in water to see if it leaked. I didn't see any leaks, but my method may not have been the best. I will get new heater hoses, hook everything up, then continue to use straight water for the cooling system until I'm sure there are no leaks. If there are , I'll address them. If not, I'll drain the water and fill with 50/50 coolant mix.
Doing some reading on the site, I realized that I may have done my transmission fluid fill wrong. I thought that I was supposed to let the car run for a minute or two, then turn it off and check the fluid. I think that gave me a false reading, like it was full. I didn't end up using all 12 quarts that the manual called for...I had just assumed that I hadn't fully drained the torque converter.
Some posts talked about having the car running while checking the transmission fluid level, or having everything warmed up and checking the level within a minute after shutting off before the fluid left the TC. So last night I got the car up to temp, put it on jack stands and checked my levels. Way low. I added several quarts and checked again. I need to add another quart to get it to "Full", so I'll take care of that today. A quick test drive showed that the transmission felt much better and much more responsive. Thankfully I've only driven a handful of miles with it being low.
Filling the transmission with the car on jack stands and engine running isn't fun.
-Kevin
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Heater control valve before.jpg (111.30 KB)
Heater control valve after.jpg (84.33 KB)
I finished reinstalling the heater box to the firewall and hooked all the parts up inside the cabin. I also cleaned up the replacement heater control valve (thanks Ross!) and installed that. My car was missing the valve when I got it. After I cleaned this one up I did my best to test it in water to see if it leaked. I didn't see any leaks, but my method may not have been the best. I will get new heater hoses, hook everything up, then continue to use straight water for the cooling system until I'm sure there are no leaks. If there are , I'll address them. If not, I'll drain the water and fill with 50/50 coolant mix.
Doing some reading on the site, I realized that I may have done my transmission fluid fill wrong. I thought that I was supposed to let the car run for a minute or two, then turn it off and check the fluid. I think that gave me a false reading, like it was full. I didn't end up using all 12 quarts that the manual called for...I had just assumed that I hadn't fully drained the torque converter.
Some posts talked about having the car running while checking the transmission fluid level, or having everything warmed up and checking the level within a minute after shutting off before the fluid left the TC. So last night I got the car up to temp, put it on jack stands and checked my levels. Way low. I added several quarts and checked again. I need to add another quart to get it to "Full", so I'll take care of that today. A quick test drive showed that the transmission felt much better and much more responsive. Thankfully I've only driven a handful of miles with it being low.
Filling the transmission with the car on jack stands and engine running isn't fun.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Heater control valve before.jpg (111.30 KB)
Heater control valve after.jpg (84.33 KB)
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