Tranny cooler/Brake pad install...interesting stuff--LONG
05-12-2001, 07:30 PM
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I finally got off my lazy A$$ and did the tranny cooler install. I have to say that the kit is very easy to understand. The hardest part was finding TRANNY line to use in conjunction with the supply they gave you. I went to 5 places; they all had fuel line, but not TRANNY line.
Finally found a place, but it cost me $2.99/ft!!!
The install is easy and I drained the fluid out and then drove it and drained again. I added the Penzoil ATF that protects against SHUDDER?!?!? Anyway, the only thing I have to say is that if you were good enough not to bend ANY fins on that tranny cooler, you are a god! I must have bent 20 of those damn things traying to get it in there..F-it, who cares, right?
Now the car does less gear hunting and seems to be a bit more responsive!!!!
Brake pads were a ***** though. The fronts are easy and I had them done in about 20min. The rears are the dumbest thing I have ever seen. You have to buy a tool to drive the caliper back into the 'seat.' Even with all the force I could get on it, I couldn't get it to retract enough to swing the caliper down. I had to remove the caliper and put it in a vise and work with it that way. Finally after breaking two knuckles open, it worked. I even took it to AUTOZONE to see about a new caliper. They wanted $140 and said that there was nothing wrong with mine. Thats when I went home and put muscle to it!!
Once I got it on I had to bleed the brakes. I bought some of that Valvoline Synthetic DOT3 fluid to flush the system. I bled them 3 times at each corner to get clean fluid through it. I took it out on the road and noticed that the front left was 'clicking' a bit. I ended up having to take them apart and put them back together....problem solved. I am not sure what the hell I did, but the clicking is gone.
My impressions of "EAT RICE?" Pads?(Axis Metatl Master) Well, like the front ones he sold me, they kind of suck at first. Once they seat and have a few 100 miles they seem to work about 100 times better than the first run; I guess that would be obvious, right? The one thing bad about them is the brake dust. There is easily 5 times as much as the stock pads. But once they 'seat' they are easily 10 times better than stock
10 hours in the garage/Autozone has taken me to a case of Sam Adams. You guys have a good night. I am going to attack the car with Zymol tomorrow Is that stuff any good, or is it another fad?
SHUMAX-
P.S. Oh yea...painted my calipers and pads bright red....nixed the yellow! With a green car, it started to look like I was driving a John Deer Tractor...ha,ha.
I finally got off my lazy A$$ and did the tranny cooler install. I have to say that the kit is very easy to understand. The hardest part was finding TRANNY line to use in conjunction with the supply they gave you. I went to 5 places; they all had fuel line, but not TRANNY line.
Finally found a place, but it cost me $2.99/ft!!!
The install is easy and I drained the fluid out and then drove it and drained again. I added the Penzoil ATF that protects against SHUDDER?!?!? Anyway, the only thing I have to say is that if you were good enough not to bend ANY fins on that tranny cooler, you are a god! I must have bent 20 of those damn things traying to get it in there..F-it, who cares, right?
Now the car does less gear hunting and seems to be a bit more responsive!!!!Brake pads were a ***** though. The fronts are easy and I had them done in about 20min. The rears are the dumbest thing I have ever seen. You have to buy a tool to drive the caliper back into the 'seat.' Even with all the force I could get on it, I couldn't get it to retract enough to swing the caliper down. I had to remove the caliper and put it in a vise and work with it that way. Finally after breaking two knuckles open, it worked. I even took it to AUTOZONE to see about a new caliper. They wanted $140 and said that there was nothing wrong with mine. Thats when I went home and put muscle to it!!
Once I got it on I had to bleed the brakes. I bought some of that Valvoline Synthetic DOT3 fluid to flush the system. I bled them 3 times at each corner to get clean fluid through it. I took it out on the road and noticed that the front left was 'clicking' a bit. I ended up having to take them apart and put them back together....problem solved. I am not sure what the hell I did, but the clicking is gone.
My impressions of "EAT RICE?" Pads?(Axis Metatl Master) Well, like the front ones he sold me, they kind of suck at first. Once they seat and have a few 100 miles they seem to work about 100 times better than the first run; I guess that would be obvious, right? The one thing bad about them is the brake dust. There is easily 5 times as much as the stock pads. But once they 'seat' they are easily 10 times better than stock
10 hours in the garage/Autozone has taken me to a case of Sam Adams. You guys have a good night. I am going to attack the car with Zymol tomorrow
Is that stuff any good, or is it another fad?SHUMAX-
P.S. Oh yea...painted my calipers and pads bright red....nixed the yellow! With a green car, it started to look like I was driving a John Deer Tractor...ha,ha.
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