HarmlessMuffinMan
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Ah its that time again. Once again your eyes will read the wonder of my genious...
Perhaps you have seen my other how too? https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/vx-how-clean-air-intake-such.163857
And know what too expect... Perhaps you haven't and are about to witness the greatest peice of automotive poetry and a rather fantastic display of both poor spelling and gramma.
Ok so lets set the mood, you have just baught yourself a shiny VX commodore that was previously owned by a woman who did her own work on the car, or perhaps you just did a full service on your transmission and put in too much fluid? Or perhaps the same mechanic that used a rattle gun to screw in my sump plug, topped up your transmission with a 'little' too much fluid. Whatever the case is, you now have too much tranni fluid in your Tranmission and you want to ditch some.
In earlier models it was possible just to remove a hose clamp and ditch the hose into a bottle untill you removed your desired amount of fuild, however in the VX (maybe the VT as well), you don't have that luxury as the hoses are hydrolicly pressed on so that you are FORCED to take it to holden and they can make more money off you because they are an evil corporation!
Forenote: I would recomend draining the fluid while its cold. Think about it: Hot fluid... + plastic bottle... Hmmm
So here we go!
Step 1. Beer:
I find the best way to start a job is to lube yourself up a bit as if beer was the lubrication you needed to **** your girlfriends ***. Or perhaps the butter on your toast you needed there to spread your vegimite without breaking the integrity of the bread. Whatever the acronym, beer is a very important step.
Please note: I did not actually drink beer before I did this as I didn't have any... As a result, two cute puppies died.
Step 2. Grab what you need:
What you need for this is some of the following:
About a 2M length of 12mm Garden hose. Make sure it has no water inside and is perfectly dry you twit.
A 19mm Spanner. Did you know americans don't even know what a spanner is? Amazing right?
A decently sized bottle, also dry. The size depends on how much oil you want to evacuate. Remember if you take out too much, you can always put some back in. But PLEASE... Use new oil... it can only help. I used a two LT juice bottle, however I would recommend using Mountain Dew as it is the ***
A towel (Just incase you have some spillage)
An oil catcher, also just incase.
Step 3. Location Location Location:
First off, find a decent plot of land to do this on, as you may have some spillage. I would recomend the neighbours front lawn... Who cares if that grass dies anyway.
Step 4. Find the Bolt:
Now there are multiple bolts sitting on the metal lines that go into the raidiator, I chose the following one because it was easy to access. It is the first metal pipe that leaves your radiator underneith the raidiator Cap. I don't have a picture of it, but it looks something like this:
Step 5. Remove that **** ****:
Take your 19mm open end spanner, and put it on the bolt, you will notice you have #### all room. Stick it on and loosen it as much as you can, you wont need to go far because it isn't on far, the rest of the way you can do with your hand. The bolt will pop off including the metal line. No oil should come out.
Step 6. Stick it on!:
Take your hose and stick it on the thread that the bolt was sitting on. Make sure you get it in there nice and tight to prevent it from coming off.
Step 7. Drain:
Aim the hose into your bottle of choice, and walk around to the driver side holding the bottle and the hose in it. Now start the car, and run it in park, untill the desired amount of fluid it out, then turn off the engine. Remove the hose
Step 8. Do it back up:
Retach the hose and screw up the bolt with your fingers. Gently apply some preassure with the spanner. Turn it about one eights. Like I said before, its not on there very tight.
Step 9. testing:
Test your oil level, and make sure its all right and sexy and such.
Yay you finished. now
Step 10. Beer:
Finish off with something you have never tried before.. Perhaps a Dark or Mature mexican beer?
Dont drink and drive... Ya F***ing C***
Kthnx bai!
Feed back, Questions, Suggestions... Welcome
Perhaps you have seen my other how too? https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/vx-how-clean-air-intake-such.163857
And know what too expect... Perhaps you haven't and are about to witness the greatest peice of automotive poetry and a rather fantastic display of both poor spelling and gramma.
Ok so lets set the mood, you have just baught yourself a shiny VX commodore that was previously owned by a woman who did her own work on the car, or perhaps you just did a full service on your transmission and put in too much fluid? Or perhaps the same mechanic that used a rattle gun to screw in my sump plug, topped up your transmission with a 'little' too much fluid. Whatever the case is, you now have too much tranni fluid in your Tranmission and you want to ditch some.
In earlier models it was possible just to remove a hose clamp and ditch the hose into a bottle untill you removed your desired amount of fuild, however in the VX (maybe the VT as well), you don't have that luxury as the hoses are hydrolicly pressed on so that you are FORCED to take it to holden and they can make more money off you because they are an evil corporation!
Forenote: I would recomend draining the fluid while its cold. Think about it: Hot fluid... + plastic bottle... Hmmm
So here we go!
Step 1. Beer:
I find the best way to start a job is to lube yourself up a bit as if beer was the lubrication you needed to **** your girlfriends ***. Or perhaps the butter on your toast you needed there to spread your vegimite without breaking the integrity of the bread. Whatever the acronym, beer is a very important step.
Please note: I did not actually drink beer before I did this as I didn't have any... As a result, two cute puppies died.
Step 2. Grab what you need:
What you need for this is some of the following:
About a 2M length of 12mm Garden hose. Make sure it has no water inside and is perfectly dry you twit.
A 19mm Spanner. Did you know americans don't even know what a spanner is? Amazing right?
A decently sized bottle, also dry. The size depends on how much oil you want to evacuate. Remember if you take out too much, you can always put some back in. But PLEASE... Use new oil... it can only help. I used a two LT juice bottle, however I would recommend using Mountain Dew as it is the ***
A towel (Just incase you have some spillage)
An oil catcher, also just incase.
Step 3. Location Location Location:
First off, find a decent plot of land to do this on, as you may have some spillage. I would recomend the neighbours front lawn... Who cares if that grass dies anyway.
Step 4. Find the Bolt:
Now there are multiple bolts sitting on the metal lines that go into the raidiator, I chose the following one because it was easy to access. It is the first metal pipe that leaves your radiator underneith the raidiator Cap. I don't have a picture of it, but it looks something like this:
Step 5. Remove that **** ****:
Take your 19mm open end spanner, and put it on the bolt, you will notice you have #### all room. Stick it on and loosen it as much as you can, you wont need to go far because it isn't on far, the rest of the way you can do with your hand. The bolt will pop off including the metal line. No oil should come out.
Step 6. Stick it on!:
Take your hose and stick it on the thread that the bolt was sitting on. Make sure you get it in there nice and tight to prevent it from coming off.
Step 7. Drain:
Aim the hose into your bottle of choice, and walk around to the driver side holding the bottle and the hose in it. Now start the car, and run it in park, untill the desired amount of fluid it out, then turn off the engine. Remove the hose
Step 8. Do it back up:
Retach the hose and screw up the bolt with your fingers. Gently apply some preassure with the spanner. Turn it about one eights. Like I said before, its not on there very tight.
Step 9. testing:
Test your oil level, and make sure its all right and sexy and such.
Yay you finished. now
Step 10. Beer:
Finish off with something you have never tried before.. Perhaps a Dark or Mature mexican beer?
Dont drink and drive... Ya F***ing C***
Kthnx bai!
Feed back, Questions, Suggestions... Welcome