what did you do to your car today?

[figjam]

Just going by that you wrote do you take the oil filler cap off before you drain?

No. I leave it on until I get the drain pan in position. Only takes about 2 seconds to do that, but by then, I've made a mess on the driveway and my hands. The AWDs have a slightly different shaped sump, a lot of chassis frame, and a pretty rigid 20mm hose running just at the right place to splash around.

Have a look at the photo in post # 12 here...... https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/collant-and-oil-filter.20976/

I think he means Genuine if that helps.

Yep. I thought it was a brand.

 

[rucxy]

Drove her this morning and look what happened..

 

[rucxy]

Drove her to work and then went for drive in the oldest truck in the fleet up this small hill
--> 750m ASL on a track just wide enough to fit the truck.. <-- is a link to a video
The zoom is approx where the road is

 

[Dayvo]

Washed , claybarred, machine polished and waxed the ve, just waiting for the rain to come and f#ck it all up

 

[VS 5.0]

Washed , claybarred, machine polished and waxed the ve, just waiting for the rain to come and f#ck it all up

Pics

 

[Dayvo]

Pics

Will take some when it stops raining

 

[Dayvo]

Pics

 

[Dayvo]

And then it rained

 

[figjam]

Not the Holdens !! It’s the Ford.

The windscreen washer bottle has been leaking for about 6 months, so today was the fix-it-day.
Remove the air box, take off LHF wheel, remove plastic inner guard, disconnect electrics and hoses, undo 3 mounting bolts, plus 1 hidden bolt, wrangle bottle down out of hidey hole.
No signs of where leak is coming from, so fill bottle and examine, no leaks. Perplexing.
Put bottle back in hidey hole, replace bolts, leaking everywhere. Eventually discover that one bolt is stressing a join which opens up a crack only when the bolt is tightened.
Stick some FlashTac over suspect area, replace mounting bolts, with a spacer washer behind offending bolt, no leak, wait patiently as the washer pump takes it’s time to pump water to the washer jets, reassemble assorted bits of car.

Congratulate myself with the 4 hour job done, no bad language used, or skin missing, and reminisce that to do the same job on ‘The Kingswood’, was about removing 2 self tappers, and 5 minutes.

 

[VS_Pete]

You can buy check valves for GM and put them up the line close the bonnet (VS)
Part Number 92046017.
I took some pics not the best but you will get it.
Upload later.