25 August 2017

Asking For It


To change the transmission fluid on a C6 Corvette with a TR-6060 6-speed manual, the car must be level.

Got the front on ramps and the rear on jack-stands with the jack still holding some weight too.

There's some who say that wood cannot support the weight of a car.  The design of my ramps comes from a 1950's Popular Mechanics article...  Notice that the inclined part can be moved out of the way?

Royal Purple Synchromax, for the record.
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4 comments:

  1. Sendarius25 August, 2017 23:06

    Just finished this task (among many others) on my hobby car.

    I am not sure about that Royal Purple stuff, but the mineral hypoid gear oil that I put in the differential STINKS.
    So much so that the clothing that I was wearing needed two washes to mitigate the smell.

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    1. Angus McThag26 August, 2017 00:30

      Synchromax is like normal ATF in smell, with an added hint of brimstone.

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  2. Sendarius26 August, 2017 00:47

    Aah, so no real problem there, then.

    I was servicing an 80's Porsche 928. No synthetics for that thing, it really prefers lubricants from that era, so it gets mineral oils of viscosity that would have modern cars choking. :)

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  3. Terrapod26 August, 2017 07:47

    Have 3 bottles Royal Purple on the shelf (with this cute transparent pump that came with) for the manual trans on the VW Jetta. Been putting it off but at 200,000 miles it is time .

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