What did you do to your car recently?

Not my car, but a truck that belongs to a friends son, 2019 Silverado. 8 speed trans and feels like you are on rumble strips going down the highway, fucking GM. Drained the trans, couldn't get the pan off, another f-up from GM. Got most of the fluid out. Put 8 quarts in it, not that they give you a spot to fill it, and left a trans cooler line off to try and get a lot of the old fluid out. Put another 7 quarts in there and repeated the process, fluid looked very clean by now. Topped it off, put all the shit back together, and took it for a ride. No more shudder. That was $300 in Amsoil trans fluid!
 
raidmagic said:
Why remove the bed for a flatbed? Rust?
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No, original 8ft. bed is actually in very good shape, I'm keeping it.
Kind of a farmboy thing, the flatbed, all his buddies do it also. Plus this truck will pull our gooseneck tandem dual tire equipment trailer, and sons gooseneck cow trailer. Had a hitch in the pickup bed, always pulled the the trailers with it, was it's main job, but I guess it looks cooler doing it with a flat bed. :rolleyes:
Old truck is badass. 5.9 Cummins, 4wd, and a 5 speed manual, naturally. Was 24k new in 93.
 
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I've been cleaning out the cooling system in my little big block Chevy.
I made some plates for the water pump and thermostat openings and tapped them for garden hose adapters.

I flushed it with hot water from the sink, drained it, and filled it with 8% vinegar.
I hooked up a little pump and circulated it for a while and then let it sit a few days.

Drained it, flushed it, and then did the same thing with Evaporust.
Now it's sitting full of water and rust treatment.

I'll be tearing it down soon when I'm done with some pesky other stuff.
I have a new rotator from Mark O that will lighten it up and bump the displacement and compression a bit.
 
Steve439 said:
I've been cleaning out the cooling system in my little big block Chevy.
I made some plates for the water pump and thermostat openings and tapped them for garden hose adapters.

I flushed it with hot water from the sink, drained it, and filled it with 8% vinegar.
I hooked up a little pump and circulated it for a while and then let it sit a few days.

Drained it, flushed it, and then did the same thing with Evaporust.
Now it's sitting full of water and rust treatment.

I'll be tearing it down soon when I'm done with some pesky other stuff.
I have a new rotator from Mark O that will lighten it up and bump the displacement and compression a bit.
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I need to flush out the cooling system in the Firebird. That coolant has been in there for so many years that I can’t remember. Might be a good job for this week.
 
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