[FA-18C]

Crawled under and replaced my passenger side CV axle assembly. Took an hour to get the car on jacks and the CV bolts loose. Cordless impact made the axle nut a non-issue, and had the new assembly hand tight back together before dinner. Watched the news and plopped back under to torque the bolts, the axle nut, and shock bolt. Slid under and checked the torque on the other CV axle while I was in there. Really glad I have tranny bushings arriving Tuesday, got an up close look at mine and they are shot. I suspect changing those and dropping in WEVO engine mounts will make a noticeable improvement on shifting. I noticed that my heater flappers are fairly roached out, and the valves are rotted - plan to get those on order and will also replace those hoses.

I was dreading this, but with the various posts, this went much smoother than I expected. On a very positive note, after cleaning the bottom of the engine a couple of weeks back and doing an oil change - I added an oil tank drain valve. The bottom of the car is bone dry, so making progress. End of summer I will do another oil change, replace my oil return tubes and also replace the tranny fluid.