Why is it so hard for me?

[34fordy]

I have always struggled getting the transmission oil refilled with all of the obstructions in the way. Has anyone figured out a way to do this easily? You would think that after 65+ years laying under cars I would have figured a better way, LOL. I see that some manufacturers are putting it in plastic bags.

[35fordtn]

If it is a floor shift transmission, just remove the shift lever thats how I've always poured it in

[ford38v8]

Be careful what you wish for!

[cas3]

Me too. Just be carful not to knock the li'l 1/4" pin down the hole!

[Seth Swoboda]

The plastic bags are a big help. I've found that they make it easier.

[Fritz]

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Look up “manual fluid pump” from Amazon, any auto parts store. For a few dollars you can pump gear oil like handsoap. Easy, no mess.

[Fritz]

Such as Performance Tool, W1139 or W1141

https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...1141/7070683-P

[34fordy]

Thanx all ! It’s funny, getting old how I forgot that I have a hand held pump/sucker canister like a grease gun that I have used before and couldn’t remember it. It’s been a couple years! Geeeesh! This is looking serious, huh?

[Kube]

Originally Posted by 34fordy

Thanx all ! It’s funny, getting old how I forgot that I have a hand held pump/sucker canister like a grease gun that I have used before and couldn’t remember it. It’s been a couple years! Geeeesh! This is looking serious, huh?

Hate to tell ya, but it has a lot to do with the "65 years". I've noticed things are becoming tougher to get to and it seems most things are heavier than they used to be. Oh yeah, and remembering stuff... um, what?

[Overkill-F1]

Originally Posted by 34fordy

Thanx all ! It’s funny, getting old how I forgot that I have a hand held pump/sucker canister like a grease gun that I have used before and couldn’t remember it. It’s been a couple years! Geeeesh! This is looking serious, huh?

If I remember that I have a certain item, the hard part is WHERE IS IT NOW?
Terry

[ford38v8]

Got out to the truck yesterday, had to go back inside to find my keys. First stages of panic when I finally found them. Out at the truck again, I no longer had my sunglasses. At last, with most of my ducks in a row, I headed off down the street in the wrong direction. That was OK, because I had to go back to get my hat anyway.

[34fordy]

I can't help but wonder how long it will be till it is no longer a laughing matter. If it would only happen a couple times a day I would be so elated!!!!! I hate to say this but knowing that I'm not alone in the journey is comforting. LOL

[hueyhoolihan]

Originally Posted by Fritz

Look up “manual fluid pump” from Amazon, any auto parts store. For a few dollars you can pump gear oil like handsoap. Easy, no mess.

as a matter of fact a spray bottle like Windex uses could be put to good. i've seen them with the nozzles that twist to different modes. put it on "Stream".

[hueyhoolihan]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Got out to the truck yesterday, had to go back inside to find my keys. First stages of panic when I finally found them. Out at the truck again, I no longer had my sunglasses. At last, with most of my ducks in a row, I headed off down the street in the wrong direction. That was OK, because I had to go back to get my hat anyway.

that's a good one! really had me laughing out loud. thanks!

the other day i spent a good hour hunting for my glasses, while checking for the umpteenth time in the bathroom i noticed my reflection and the glasses on my forehead. jeHEsus that's frustrating!

[deuce lover]

Memory is the second thing to go

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by deuce lover

Memory is the second thing to go

It starts about 40. The spring in your legs is the first I believe. By 80 most everything below the belts has gone South. When I retired 19 years ago 6-1/2 hours of sleep was perfect. Now it's usually 9 hours, and if I sit down it might be a half hour nap, dang it.

[hueyhoolihan]

Originally Posted by deuce lover

Memory is the second thing to go

thanks for reminding me.

[tubman]

At least you guys didn't make your mistakes out in public like I did (the wrong thread pitch for pan bolts in "GB SISSON"'s oil pan thread).

Then again, nobody caught it (yet), either.

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by tubman

At least you guys didn't make your mistakes out in public like I did (the wrong thread pitch for pan bolts in "GB SISSON"'s oil pan thread).

Then again, nobody caught it (yet), either.

You mean like quickie oil change outfits tend to do with SAE vs Metric when they lose the original oil pan plugs?

[oldbugger]

CRS or worse yet CRAFT

[wickcopland]

uhhh what did I come in here for?

[38coop]

And it will not get any better.

[farmertom]

Now after all this its to painfull to reply Tom.

[sidevalve8ba]

This getting old is not for sissies!

[37 truck]

I forgot what I was responding to!

[Planojc]

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My short term memory isn't what it used to be, and my short term memory isn't what it used to be.

[51504bat]

And the floor is a lot further away than it used to be.

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by 35fordtn

If it is a floor shift transmission, just remove the shift lever thats how I've always poured it in

This is what I do as well.

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by 34fordy

I can't help but wonder how long it will be till it is no longer a laughing matter. If it would only happen a couple times a day I would be so elated!!!!! I hate to say this but knowing that I'm not alone in the journey is comforting. LOL

If you don't currently, do daily puzzles. The New York Times has free ones you can get on an app on your phone. For some, you really need think about it to solve or not (on bad days). Keeping the brain working is crucial to keeping it in tip top shape.

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

If you don't currently, do daily puzzles. The New York Times has free ones you can get on an app on your phone. For some, you really need think about it to solve or not (on bad days). Keeping the brain working is crucial to keeping it in tip top shape.

The National Post has the next days NYT puzzle available to print at 5 PM daily. I print it and save it to work on when I give my Honey of 61 years her nightly foot rub. I rub with my right hand and do the crossword with my left hand which I feel is good for my brain function. At first my printing was terrible but now it ain't to darn bad!

[sidevalve8ba]

Yes, puzzles help. I do a crossword and a cryptoquote every day with my morning coffee.

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by sidevalve8ba

Yes, puzzles help. I do a crossword and a cryptoquote every day with my morning coffee.

I'm puzzled every morning, trying to figure out which sock goes on which foot... I don't need any more puzzles, thank you.

[Tim Brown]

Im puzzled as to why I read this tread till the end. Time to do a brake job on the 1940 coupe...

[34fordy]

Crossword puzzles are Brain Food, so "they," say.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

You mean like quickie oil change outfits tend to do with SAE vs Metric when they lose the original oil pan plugs?

I'm still trying to figure out what's so wrong about putting a metric drain plug into an SAE oil pan.... My dad use to say "Gary, a crossed thread is a Tight Thread". But maybe that was just for fasteners.

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

I'm still trying to figure out what's so wrong about putting a metric drain plug into an SAE oil pan.... My dad use to say "Gary, a crossed thread is a Tight Thread". But maybe that was just for fasteners.

What in the world have you been smokin Gary?? LOL

[Lawrie]

you say getting old is not for sissies, the alternative is not real good.
Lawrie

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

I'm still trying to figure out what's so wrong about putting a metric drain plug into an SAE oil pan.... My dad use to say "Gary, a crossed thread is a Tight Thread". But maybe that was just for fasteners.

Gary, As it turns out, a ½"-20 bung had accepted an M12 x .175, and hadn't leaked oil. This was on a 1995 Brand X van when I bought it. When I changed the oil, it stripped out and I discovered the problem. Those pans came in both variations in those days! I put in the correct ½"-20 and all was good for many years...Now how did I remember that and forgot what I had for breakfast?

[cas3]

Oh goody goody...oil pan stories!
My wife always had her oil changed at "Fleet Farm", a local big box store. One time she came home with a note saying she needed a new drain plug before the next change.

What ? I called em up, and the mechanic said, yeah they wear out! I said, how could something that lives in oil, and only makes a few turns in its lifetime wear out? They just wear out he said.

Using that theory, if one spun a nut down the length of a 3' chunk of threaded rod it would be worn out!

So, I got a brand new plug in the factory package from a friend who works for Honda, took that and my dial calipers with for the next oil change. Told the guy, drain the oil and bring me the plug.

I measured the thread pitch on both, the new one was actually slightly smaller!

I told em you guys wrecked the pan, its always come here for oil changes.

Well, after a month of arguing, they bought a pan, installed it poorly, and it leaked happily ever after.

[GB SISSON]

Down the rabbit hole we go! JC Whitney use to sell a rubber expansion plug in a few different sizes for stripped oil pan drains. I may have told this story here before, but I took the family on a long travel trailer trip through the Southwest. Along the way got an oil change in Oregon. Mid state California I notced a drip under the truck. Sure enough, drain plug and No copper gasket! I had one in my tool kit, but so many reasons not to try to get it on there quickly. Had a tube of permatex #2 so I dragged about 18" of dental floss through a glob of it, loosened the plug down about 3/16" wrapped it around nice and tight. Tightened it up, wiped it all clean. Arrived home a moth later, totally clean still.
Oh and the corney line about stripped threads I will blame on my dad....

[sidevalve8ba]

GB, I always heard that cross threading was Mother Natures Locktite!

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by sidevalve8ba

GB, I always heard that cross threading was Mother Natures Locktite!

I cannot believe that if this were true some silly entrepeneur would be trying to manufacture and sell crossthread fasteners. LOL

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by 34fordy

I cannot believe that if this were true some silly entrepeneur would be trying to manufacture and sell crossthread fasteners. LOL

You haven’t been paying attention. They’ve been making Metric thread shit for years.

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

You haven’t been paying attention. They’ve been making Metric thread shit for years.

Whadda ya mean? Why would I buy metric shit to work on my old 1936
Ford, unless you believe cross threading is the way to go. LOL I know we are just having a little fun with this. No harm in that.