week 6



During the start of the week, Mr DS said that I had to fix 2 things with the sub frame while Adam was gone.

One problem with the sub frame was a bolts threading inside the frame, broke off and therefor I had to cut it. After cutting the bolt, the bottom half was still in the frame. I had to get a metal cutter and cut a little flap that I could bend back to get the piece out.


That was where I cut the flap.


When the piece was out, we sodded the metal back together.

The other problem with the sub frame was that the bolt that held the motor mount together was rusted and seized. Mr DS would use rounded jaw clamp to grab the rubber and hold it to try and keep it from spinning while I used an impact wrench to try and loosen it. After a few tries, he said that we were gonna take it outside and burn the rubber of with a torch. He said that this way we would have a better chance at getting the bolt loose. After he got the bolt loose enough that it would spin a certain amount but would still stop, he said to get a hammer and a solid heavy duty rod the same width as the bolt. and to hit the end of the bolt until it finally came out.

If there was one thing I learned and will always remember, is that burning rubber smells SOOO bad. 



The next step we did on the engine was putting the transmission back on. We had 2 problems as we were doing that.

First, when we lined up the transmission in the right spot, we noticed that on both the engine and transmission that there were little nubs that would help hold it together. This was a problem because 2 of the nubs on the engine had nubs in the matching hole on the transmission. It was a challenge getting both nubs off the transmission because they were so tight. After 10 minutes of twisting and pulling, Adam and I finally got them out.


Second, when we were putting in the bolts in to connect the transmission back to the engine, I noticed that one of the bolts got stuck with about a half inch left to go. Mr DS came over and thought that maybe it was too long. He tried taking the bolt out but it would get stuck both ways. After 5-10 minutes of twisting the bolt back and forth, he finally got it out. The problem was that there was hardened anti-size on the threads of the bolt causing it to get stuck. We decided that we would try to cut the bad part of the bolt and see if it would still hold. It was one solution that could work because there were 3 other big bolts that would still hold it together even if the cut bolt only held it somewhat well. The only problem was that the bolt was too short and the threads were damaged. We went into the spare bolts box to see if we could find one the same.We found one that was the same width and length, but the threads were different because they were spaced out more. He said that it might still fit and with luck it did.



The next step, was to drain the transmission fluid and add new transmission fluid in. I had a bucket under the drain plug to catch the oil. After the oil was drained, I had to put the new oil in. Mr DS told me that I had to be careful when poring the new oil in because the axels were not in the transmission and if I pored to much, the oil will start to leak out of the axel holes.
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The oil container looked something like this


After poring 1 full bottle and about 3/4 of the second one, the oil came from the holes. Some oil got on the floor but I put the bucket under the left hole and tried to put the funnel under the other hole with the tube going into the bucket. When I was unscrewing the bolt where I filled the oil, I did not see the washer fall into the bucket. After I had put all the oil back in, Mr DS saw the washer in the bottom of the bucket and said that I had to drain the oil again to put the washer back on with the drain plug to prevent it from leaking. After I took the drain plug out, I had the funnel there to catch the oil so it did not go on the floor. Right as the bold came out, it fell into the funnel which started to block the oil from going down the tube. The oil started to fill the funnel fast and I had one hand making sure the tube was in the bucket and the other hand was making sure I didn't spill all the oil on the floor. The oil was about 4cm away from overflowing and I had to block the drain hole with my finger until one of the grade 11's shadow came over to take the bolt out of the funnel. When the oil finished draining, we figured out that the washer was not for the drain bolt but for the fill bolt. I asked the grade 11 shadow if he could hold the funnel so that i could pore the oil in the bucket back into the transmission. When the transmission fluid was back in, and the bolts were tight, it was time to clean up the oil that spilled on the floor.

 A tip that you should consider is to not wear $150.00 shoes. Not because the oil that spilled on the floor got on them and ruined them, but because that one little drop of oil that came off my finger ends up causing it to leave a big dark stain right in the middle.... 😑 😡😭











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