Topic: diff fluid and tranny changing (Read 3577 times)

Kavik · « **Reply #50 on:** June 30, 2009, 12:35:38 AM »

damn, i shoulda waited for someone who had a garage to want in on it lol

i might've mentioned this before, but should we maybe have a sticky for this for 'group buy sign up sheets'?

LarenF3D5 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 30, 2009, 10:36:50 AM »

Quote from: Kavik on June 30, 2009, 12:35:38 AM

damn, i shoulda waited for someone who had a garage to want in on it lol

You guys need to watch the meet section closer. After I got my fluid I went to the RSAS RPI shop and did my fluids in their garage. RubbleDTD was cool enough to help out both me and Korpspatrol who was going Swaybars.

I managed to get a lot of work done there over last weekend:
Full catless exhaust install (Thanks Rubble for the help man!)
Engine/Trans/Diff fluid change (my diff needed it so bad..)
Fuel pump install

A bunch of stuff I'd been waiting a while to do. RSAS is the place to be. So we need more people to go to RPI, thanks!

Kavik · « **Reply #52 on:** June 30, 2009, 12:36:40 PM »

yeah, i saw that one, and considered it...but wasn't able to make it on friday

M2KS · « **Reply #53 on:** June 30, 2009, 08:50:42 PM »

ditto

LarenF3D5 · « **Reply #54 on:** July 01, 2009, 10:20:26 AM »

Friday we got a lot done, Korpse and myself still had work to do, and Rubble was good about it so we met up Saturday and finished up.

M2KS · « **Reply #55 on:** July 13, 2009, 07:22:17 PM »

I plan on doing my tranny and diff tomorrow. What is the required socket for the tranny ? Fred said its def a torx but wasn't sure on the size. Can someone confirm for me ? Thanks.

Steve

M2KS · « **Reply #56 on:** July 13, 2009, 07:49:11 PM »

Disregard - found it on a couple other sites. T-70 torx socket head. Not easy to find I gather but the Autozone near my work has one.

spoolordie · « **Reply #57 on:** July 22, 2009, 10:21:38 PM »

i heard on nasty cock that you can get away with a torx 60 but if you can find a 70 then it

byroll01 · « **Reply #58 on:** July 22, 2009, 10:36:59 PM »

finally did mine in the wagon today. I only needed a 21 mm wrench for the drain plug. Unfortunately my magnetic drain plug had a single gear tooth stuck to it... I better start looking.

Kavik · « **Reply #59 on:** July 23, 2009, 12:41:08 AM »

oh shit! and i thought the metallic sludge on mine was bad

well, all the more reason to be glad for the magnetic plug i suppose...you coulda found it wedged in between another gear

byroll01 · « **Reply #60 on:** July 23, 2009, 10:53:09 AM »

Yeah there was lots of metallic sludge. One tooth! I gotta start researching the cheapest way to swap a 6sp in.

flutyr525 · « **Reply #61 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:24:11 AM »

^ either way its not cheap

Kavik · « **Reply #62 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:42:44 AM »

i've often wondered if it'd work out to be cheaper in the long run to buy a totalled sti and part it out after the tranny swap....but that's alot of cash up front for a slow and tedious payout

flutyr525 · « **Reply #63 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:45:23 AM »

prolly would be cheaper that way daryl but yes...you would need the money up front and available and then take the time to strip it down and sell all the good parts and chances are very good that you will have many parts left over that no one wants/needs and then you have to dispose of them or have them take up your space

flutyr525 · « **Reply #64 on:** July 23, 2009, 02:54:25 PM »

i saw some pretty heafty sluge and chunks of metal come out of nicks tranny when we did his fluid but we never cleaned it off like that to really inspect it. doesnt look like a tooth tho...maybe a chip off the linkage or something???

byroll01 · « **Reply #65 on:** July 23, 2009, 03:22:31 PM »

that's cool then. What can I do really? drive it like a pussy so it doesn't break? Yeah, right. If it's gonna break it'll break.

flutyr525 · « **Reply #66 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:43:09 PM »

lol! oh i know that first hand...i didnt buy a modded wrx and then do more mods myself to drive it like a grandma.

the 6 speed will hopefully hold up well with my driving/mods

Kavik · « **Reply #67 on:** July 24, 2009, 11:58:40 PM »

holy hell man! i take it back, i can barely complain about my metallic sludge. it was a tenth of what you had wiped off in that first picture

ucwellsy · « **Reply #68 on:** August 20, 2009, 12:38:45 PM »

Quote from: byroll01 on July 23, 2009, 10:53:09 AM

Yeah there was lots of metallic sludge. One tooth! I gotta start researching the cheapest way to swap a 6sp in.

You know...a friend of mine is selling his PPG 5 speed that I'm not sure Spenk has jumped on!

ucwellsy · « **Reply #69 on:** August 20, 2009, 12:43:11 PM »

Quote from: M2KS on June 29, 2009, 11:21:45 PM

I'd like to get 3 more members + me to go in on a "group buy" of this stuff with Fred again. I'm in no hurry but if the interest is there, let's do it. We can use my garage in Nisky. I'm about 10 miles +/- from Capitaland Motors.
LMK

Steve

Am I too late to get in on this buy? The 6 speed has two drains and I only opened the one on the front. I thought is was odd that only 2-3 quarts came out.

. Anyway rather play it safe and flush it properly. LMK
Thanks

spenk · « **Reply #70 on:** August 20, 2009, 06:50:48 PM »

Quote from: ucwellsy on August 20, 2009, 12:38:45 PM

You know...a friend of mine is selling his PPG 5 speed that I'm not sure Spenk has jumped on!

Still getting the $$ worked out. Just didn't want to bug your pal until I got that far.

ucwellsy · « **Reply #71 on:** August 20, 2009, 08:56:40 PM »

Quote from: spenk on August 20, 2009, 06:50:48 PM

Still getting the $$ worked out. Just didn't want to bug your pal until I got that far.

Just a friendly jab.. He's in no rush at this point. I'm trying to find a video that I had of it. He had Borla Hush exhaust and all you can hear comin up the road in the distance is the wine of that gearbox and a distant rumble.

Mekks · « **Reply #72 on:** April 12, 2010, 04:30:37 PM »

I need to pick some of this up, I have the mix of 2 Qts Redline LW shockproof and 1.7 of Amsoil severe gear in now... its been about 5k miles and I already feel it getting harder to shift.

spenk · « **Reply #73 on:** April 12, 2010, 06:54:18 PM »

Severe Gear SUCKED in my '04 5MT -- started grinding after 4K miles.

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