12 May 12 16:12, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:



 RW>>  MH> 2 more years.  If that gasket needs to be replaced, that is a
 RW>> pain!
 RW>>  MH> You have to drop the sub-frame!
 RW>>
 RW>> I've seen that done in the late model Malibus. It's not that bad of
 RW>> a job.

 MH> There must be a trick to it, then.

Yeup. There's a tool that rests on the inner fender wells of FWD cars that
they use to 'hang' the engine while they remove that subframe. Once that's
out of the way, they can R&R the transaxle, put in a new clutch, change
the pan gasket and several other things that you couldn't do in your
garage.

 MH> When I had the transmission rebuilt, they had to drop the sub-frame
 MH> to lower it out.  I'll find out this Thursday when it will be getting
 MH> the oil pan leak fixed.

They also use that fender hanging tool to do axle swaps...

 MH> I just checked it today, and it is still leaking - but very slight.
 MH> Not even enough to drip on the ground, just messing up the oil pan.

That's good.

 RW>> Whatever the owner's manual tells you to use...

 MH> I didn't realize it, but my car calls for 5w-30.  I have always been
 MH> using 10w-30 - not that it is a big deal.  I just never realized it
 MH> called for 5w-30.

8^) It pays to read the manual...

 RW>> It gets to 100 here for a few hours each day, usually late in the
 RW>> afternoon. The same for New Mexico, Arizona and California and
 RW>> they're 5 or 6 degrees further north latitude than we are.

 MH> I'm glad we don't see 100 degrees very often here in MD.  With out
 MH> humidity, that gets really ugly.

I'd rather have it with a small amount of humidity, rather than high
humidity like they get in Houston. Fortunately, there isn't much humidity
around here, as the on-shore flow tends to flow on-shore at Houston and
ride the air all the way to Dallas. We get some on-shore flow but it's
mixed with dry air coming across the border from the Mexican desert.

 MH> I rode the bike home from work a few years ago on day when it was
 MH> near 100 degrees with high humidity.  Not fun.

Been there done that.

 MH> Before I left work, I put wet paper towels on my head under my helmet
 MH> to try and minimize the heat on my head.  On the highways, the temp
 MH> was up in the 120 range.

Does your helmet have vents to allow for air flow into and out of the
helmet? Mine do...I especially like the open face helmet for that kind of
riding.

 MH> Finally got to ride it to work this past Friday.  It was 48 degrees
 MH> in the morning, but in the 70s when I rode home.

Just right.


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