What are you working on today?

[AutoMechanic]

AutoMechanic , how's the D100 working out ? How many years and hours ?

It does great. It’s a 2019 we bought used from my grandma. 135 hours as of yesterday. Surprised it’s not more as much as she has to mow. She upgraded to a zero turn. She gets reduced rent for mowing all of her landlords properties.

 

[GSCJR]

I worked on my rescued Honda HRS216 lawnmower. When it was abandoned, it would only run on choke, so I took off the carb, cleaned it out and . Less than one season later, it's doing it again and therfore I took it apart, cleaned it again and . I'm not sure how the main jet gets plugged after such a short time .

 

[michaelluscher]

I somehow broke the power adapter on my mint OBD1 scan tool, so I got to reacquaint myself with my shoddy soldering skills

But it works again
No longer acting out and making the vintage ECU throw codes for failure

 

[clinebarger]

Main HVAC Blower Motor on a 2009 Suburban.

Have a 2008 Silverado 5.3L/4L60E with a whole host of issues....
*Service Brakes, Service Traction Control, Service Stabilitrak, ABS warning lamp illuminated.
It would set different ABS DTC's at different times & then not communicate at all......ABS Module Connector not seated in the ABS Module. ABS Module Connector lock tabs are broken. Zip Tied the Connector to the Module & advised the customer that to repair it correctly is going to get expensive as the lock tabs are part of the Module.

Also has a complaint of Harsh Shifts & the Service Engine Soon lamp is illuminated.....
*Input Speed Sensor (ISS) performance DTC.
*Torque Converter Clutch (TCC) "Stuck Off" DTC.
First thing I did was check the Transmission Control Module for being unseated. It was tight & I disconnected it just to make sure nothing looked off......Just in case the Connector Bandit messed with it too.

Cleared the DTC's & performed a thorough test drive, The ISS never acted up, But the unit would loose Converter Lock-up on any kind of throttle Tip-In. The TCM kept trying to compensate by upping the TCC PWM duty cycle....To no avail.
I felt it shudder a few times when it did lock somewhat solid. Then it just stopped trying & set the TCC Stuck Off DTC.
I stopped on the side of the road to clear the DTC, Put it in drive & it wouldn't move 'til I revved it a little.

Trans was "rebuilt" in 2018, And the customer stated it's hasn't been right since. Quoted a full build & he gave the OK. I'll post here what I find.

Got a little time to get back on the 5.8L Modular build......
*Just about NEEDED a new Oil Pickup Tube as it was jammed full of bearing debris, But a new one seems unobtainable right now......I picked all the debris out with a pair of tweezers & flushed & back flushed it several times. Used my bore scope to make sure no debris was left.
*Pressure washed the Oil Pan, Then hand cleaned it in the Vat, Blew it dry, Found some debris in some nooks & hand cleaned it again.
*Went to install the Valve Covers & half the hardware is missing....Got to wait for that to come in.

Gonna pull the 4L60E in the morning & put the 5.8L on the back burner for now.

 

[odie]

It does great. It’s a 2019 we bought used from my grandma. 135 hours as of yesterday. Surprised it’s not more as much as she has to mow. She upgraded to a zero turn. She gets reduced rent for mowing all of her landlords properties.

Just noticed it's a E100 . Thanks .

 

[AutoMechanic]

Not much at work today it was a slow day. Had a come back for vibration after I did tires. One of the wheel weights fell off. No big deal just balanced all 4 tires again. Other than that sat and watched my boys do stuff. Showed them how to get a Kia drain plug gasket off lol. Oh and helped the 80 something year old guy who picks up our old tires. No reason for him to be out in the heat by himself doing all those tires I’m the only hourly guy that will help him or the only guy period. He always offers me money which I kindly refuse.

Also had to fix the push mower when I got home. Found out I had the wrong oil capacity so I had too much in it so the pull string would not pull. Pulled the spark plug out dad pulled the string and boom oil was everywhere lol. The internet lied to me on the capacity . It’s one of those lifetime never change the oil engines but we all know that’s a scam.

 

[clinebarger]

Not much at work today it was a slow day. Had a come back for vibration after I did tires. One of the wheel weights fell off. No big deal just balanced all 4 tires again. Other than that sat and watched my boys do stuff. Showed them how to get a Kia drain plug gasket off lol. Oh and helped the 80 something year old guy who picks up our old tires. No reason for him to be out in the heat by himself doing all those tires I’m the only hourly guy that will help him or the only guy period. He always offers me money which I kindly refuse.

Also had to fix the push mower when I got home. Found out I had the wrong oil capacity so I had too much in it so the pull string would not pull. Pulled the spark plug out dad pulled the string and boom oil was everywhere lol. The internet lied to me on the capacity . It’s one of those lifetime never change the oil engines but we all know that’s a scam.

How do you know he's 80 something? A good customer of mine is 82 & doesn't look a day over 65.....Has a 1957 Chevy Belair hardtop with 700HP! And still works 3 days a week.

 

[AutoMechanic]

How do you know he's 80 something? A good customer of mine is 82 & doesn't look a day over 65.....Has a 1957 Chevy Belair hardtop with 700HP! And still works 3 days a week.

Haha. He told us one time how old he was it was like 81 and that was a year or so ago. He is in good shape just has bad knees so you have to be careful rolling him tires.

 

[DGXR]

The XR400 suddenly won't start... drove up into the hills with my friends, got all geared up... no go. Even rolled it down a decent hill for a very good bump start effort. Nope. The carb and jets are clean and getting fuel. The spark is good. Air filter is new. Feels like there is very little compression... not much resistance on the kickstarter. Valve lash is fine, checked them all several times after turning the engine over each time. Now I am suspecting the automatic decompression mechanism on the camshaft which is not an uncommon issue on these bikes. I just thought the valve lash would be tight if the mechanism is holding an exhaust valve open, not 100% sure exactly how this thing works. I hope it is something as simple as the auto decomp, not something that requires a rebuild on old faithful. Will remove the head cover, and see if anything is obviously wrong. If necessary, will remove the cam chain tensioner, cam sprocket and camshaft to get a good look at what is going on. First time opening up this engine after 12 great years of ownership, kinda bummed.

 

[53' Stude]

Some oil changes today, few new car inspections. Fixed fittings going from piping to my hose reel also

 

[D60]

Awhile back I built some custom boxes to transport product, but my crude side handles were splitting and failing....because that's what wood does

I was worried a handle would separate which could cost a couple grand depending upon damage to the product, so I finally forced myself to make the time to fire up the bender and make some real handles from 1/2" Sch40

Ahhhh lumber, good for winter heat and little else

Bend:

That's better

 

[Kennedy01]

Got everything done on the 84 C20 yesterday.
Master cylinder, brake hoses, front brake pads, front rotors turned, wheel bearings repacked, valve cover gaskets, oil change, greased front steering/suspension, cleaned and adjusted rear brakes, had to replace each brake line running from the front brake hose to the proportioning valve. Customer declined the idler and pitman arms, and declined finding what was wrong with his blower motor.

Today I did some pressure washing on the front of the house. Going to resume this evening when it cools off a little.

 

[clinebarger]

Got the 2008 4L60E pulled, Tore down, Inspected, Cleaned up & going back together.......

These "rebuilds" are a JOKE, Been that way forever but I'm still amazed at the level of hackery that goes on! Adding Insult to Injury is I saw the invoice from 2018 & they charged $3,400, I'm at $3,900 fixing their screw-up's along with replacing parts that should've never been put back in this unit!

What the previous builder did....
*New Frictions & Band....He did use good Borg Warner's.
*New Case & Pump Bushings......Two bushings total in a unit that has 12 bushings?
*Sanded all the Steels effectively ruining them. Wasn't a good job either.....Only 1/2 of most of them were sanded.
*Sanded on the Reverse Input Drum where the 2-4 Band applies......Thus ruining it.
*New Seals.
*Trans-Go SK-4L60E shift kit (I use this kit as well...Most of it anyway)
*Blocked the 3rd Clutch Release check ball capsule, Bad idea!!
*Blocked the 4th Accumulator, I do this as well when running a stock 4th Apply Servo, But he reinstalled the Accumulator Piston cutting off all Lube to the Lo/Reverse Clutch which oils in 4th gear on a stock unit.
*Rebuilt Converter that I found out today is a piece of junk....Had my Converter guy cut it open because I didn't find the smoking gun for the No Lock-up/Falling out of Lock-up HOT condition.

Back in 2018......That's $200 worth of parts.

What I'm doing....
*New Borg Warner Frictions & Band.
*7 3-4 Frictions vs 6 on a stock unit. Set at .025" clearance.
*Good used Lo/Reverse, Reverse Input, & Overrun Steels.
*New Forward & 3-4 Clutch Steels.
*New OE Reverse Input Drum....New flat surface for the 2-4 Band!
*New Bonded pistons.
*Bushings 100% replaced.
*Borg Warner Input Sprag.
*Corvette 2nd Servo Piston.
*Sonnax long Servo Pin, Trimmed to achieve .040" Band Clearance.
*Sonnax/KOYO bearing kit.
*New OE 4L65E Sun Shell.
*New OE Reaction Shaft....Original heavily worn.
*Good used Output Hub....Original heavily worn.
*Reusing the TransGo SK shift kit.
*New Pump Kit with TransGo unbreakable Hi-Rev Ring Kit.
*Sonnax .490" Boost Valve & 10% over Pressure Regulator Spring.
*New OE Separator Plate.....Modified 3rd Clutch feed & release orifices, Enlarged 4th feed, Will leave 2nd Clutch feed stock.
*New OE 2nd Accumulator Housing (loaded).
*New OE internal harness.
*New OE ISS Sensor.
*New OE TCC PWM Solenoid.
*Rebuilt Converter with a new Sonnax friction lining.

Approximately $900 in parts alone (My cost)

First picture....He went to town on the steels with what looks like Green Corps 3M sanding disc's....But only half to 3/4 of the steel. This practice goes way back & IS flat WRONG as it damages the Friction Surfaces. Replace Steels in Dynamic Clutch packs & you can reuse Steels in Static Clutch packs assuming no hot spots are present. 4L60E's only have 2 Dynamic Frictions.....The 3-4 Clutch & the 2-4 Band.

Second picture....Good used Lo/Reverse Steels after cleaning them up in the parts washer with a Scotchbrite pad.

Third picture.....Worn Reaction Shaft Splines where the 3-4 Hub rides....This allows the Hub to wobbles around causing 3-4 Clutch Drive Tang wear.
4th picture.....New Reaction Shaft for comparison.

5th & 6th picture.....Forward Clutch stacking up.

7th & 8th picture....3-4 Clutch stacking up.

9th picture....New Reverse Input Drum laced onto the Input Drum.

 

[clinebarger]

Helped one of my guys diagnose a 2014 Silverado 2wd 5.3L/6l80E for binding on turns & rapidly wearing the rear tires, Customer recently bought the truck. It would bind on the slightest turn!!

Told him to pop the differential cover & this is what we found.....Welded Spider Gears, Not only did they weld the spider gears together.....They welded them to the Carrier. We tried to bust the gears from the Carrier to save it but that wasn't happening.

 

[Kennedy01]

Got the rest of the house pressure washed yesterday evening. Small house so doesn't take a lot of time. Today I've got a 2015 Tahoe to do some service work on. Differential fluid changes, engine oil change, and just smoke it over to see what other preventative maintenance it may need.

 

[Samurai1225]

I'm going to be doing the first drain & fill on my 2020 Honda Accord automatic transmission this weekend. I'm at 47,000 miles on the clock and the maintenance minder for transmission service just came on so my timing was perfect.

 

[hardcore302]

Threw a P0496 code on the Trax this morning. Apparently the evap canister purge solenoid goes bad on these cars. Bought one at autozone. 49 bucks. Took 3 minutes to put in. All good now.

 

[hardcore302]

Sky juice is falling now so I need to wait a few minutes and then I can do the vehicle shuffle. The wife doesn't like to get wet.

 

[D60]

Hardcore fab warning: parking brake cable bracket spacer for lifted square body K20. Trivia: bolt hole spacing 1.330" center to center

I shoulda capped the ends but I was working for free.

 

[BigCahuna]

I just put a rear end in a recliner.,,,,