compression scheme

**joef1812** · 05-26-2013, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by ron22

Sounds like my wife's Ford Escape but I also had to pull the front axel out.

just a hint if anyone has to do one like this, take the right axle out and loosen the rear sub-frame bolts bit so the frame drops an inch or so. makes the job 10 times easier, oh and some long extensions and u joints for your sockets

**ron22** · 05-27-2013, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by joef1812

just a hint if anyone has to do one like this, take the right axle out and loosen the rear sub-frame bolts bit so the frame drops an inch or so. makes the job 10 times easier, oh and some long extensions and u joints for your sockets

On the extension thing my step son laughed when he saw the contraption of extension I had going.

I had to do this twice the first alternator only lasted 1 month

**Mechanic688** · 05-27-2013, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by ron22

On the extension thing my step son laughed when he saw the contraption of extension I had going.

I had to do this twice the first alternator only lasted 1 month

Was it a Napa rebuilt?? Long time ago they were bad about that. Take in a core, repaint it and resell after checking the voltage. No new bearings, nothing.
To be fair it was a company that "rebuilt " them for Napa.

**Sirscrapalot** · 05-25-2013, 09:12 PM

Wait..your supposed to change the oil..?

Sirscrapalot - I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes. -- Jimi Hendrix

**Trot** · 05-26-2013, 10:38 AM

Yeah had to do that to. I'm fairly certain there the same setup.

**Need4racin** · 05-29-2013, 09:20 PM

Ive always worked in automotive so I never had these problems. Construction on the other hand, I'm a total noob. Slowly learning more by donating time/labor to people doing work on their own home.

**Mick** · 06-16-2013, 06:03 PM

First time I ever paid for an oil change, they were a quart short. Glad I checked.

But the worst was when I got a set of tires at Tire Warehouse on the one ton dually. About 50 miles later, I had a load of sand - two tons - and made a turn. Left duals came off and wound up across the road in the ditch. Mechanic later figured out they'd been put on too TIGHT. Besides having to unload the sand and get the snowplow off to get anyone to haul it, repairs to the brakes and axle was $800. Tire Warehouse denied responsibility cause I hadn't brought it back to be checked within 25 miles.

Speaking of schemes - Back in the 50s, my Dad went to a dealer to trade cars. He tried getting over on them by pouring thick oil in the crankcase to mask bad valves. But the car he traded for had sawdust in the transmission to keep it from slipping for awhile.