RobertPaulson |
03-24-2015 01:29 PM |
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Originally Posted by hmong337
(Post 2181693)
Admittedly, after owning my 2013 FRS new since June of 2013, today was the first time I did an oil change by myself on the car.
I guess this gives me an excuse to get one of those Fumoto drain valve thingys.
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that bolt is actually pretty soft and easy to strip, I never took an impact gun to mine and even using the right tool the corners were beginning to round. That was the main reason that i upgraded to a drain valve (one of the best "mods" i've put on the car)
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Originally Posted by stevesnj
(Post 2181999)
That was caused by using an impact gun.
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I would agree that an impact gun was used at one point. or the tech repeatedly tried to remove the bolt as if it was flat on the bottom of the drain pan and not at the slight angle its actually on and stripped it over several oil changes.
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Originally Posted by hmong337
(Post 2182059)
Look, in all my years of wrenching, how the hell are you going to round that bolt? 14mm wrench, new crush washer, DONE! Even the 14mm drain bolt on my 3sgte from year 1996 doesn't look like what the monkey mechanics at Heffner did to my FRS. Terrible.:barf:
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that bolt is just that soft, it takes very little effort to put marks in it and its very easy to mess it up with a moment of inattentiveness.
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Originally Posted by 53Driver
(Post 2182817)
This. It's actually sad so few people these days take pride in what they do. I've known some great mechanics in my life, but they are getting harder and harder to find these days. It's especially insulting when you go to a dealership these days and their labor rate is $75-100 an hour and you still can't trust them! I'm seriously considering getting my own lift installed in my garage just for this reason.
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x2, lift is in the long term plans so i can get off my back when working under the car.
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