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Originally Posted by BrokeMyCar
Hi folks,
This weekend a friend and I tried my first drop - fairly successful until we hit the hard line / rubber connection for the oil. I'm stuck! I guess I'm looking for tips / sympathy / work-arounds.
I've been giving it a daily dose of hammering, then PB-blaster, then medium heat (propane). I've been hesitant to go with the heat for very long, as I don't want the rubber part to melt, or is that a concern? From earlier threads I suspect I am turning it the right way, with the nut closest to the passenger seat turning counter-clockwise when looking from the passenger seat to the back of the car. But please take a look at my picture and let me know if I have it wrong.
The picture is of an early attempt I took at it, using a spare jack-stand to stay the hard line, and a spare jack to turn the nut. It failed, partially because after a little bending the wrench was pushing against the heat-exchangers so I stopped and am back to manual.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance -
Babak
PS strange observation: the nut on the soft line and the hard line are perfectly lined up, makes for some awkward angles. Could this be the first time this line has been opened on my 200k+ '82 SC? |
Haha, finally a question I can answer, cause I just did this less than a month ago. Go down to Harbor Freight, or equivalent tool store, buy a 12"+ pipe wrench--monkey wrench, whatever you want to call it--get yourself a strip of leather or vinyl. Jack the car up enough that you can lay underneath it with good arm room/leverage. Lay perpendicular to the car, with your legs sticking out by the passenger side wheel. Wrap the big nut with the leather strip, tighten the pipe wrench on the nut in a manor that allows you to pull down on it....then put both hands on the handle as far down as possible and pull with all you got till you feel that first initial "give" in the nut. After that, it's gravy.
Mine took 2 days of going out there, messing with it, then coming back to it. It came loose. Yours will too.