I heard someone at work say BOAT means Break Out Another ThousandI literally found a snap on 10mm 6pt 3/8 drive in the gutter in front of my house this morning. Not mine either.
SCORE!
On a sadder note, the 30yo 225hp outboard on Ya Sista’s A$$ finally STB. I will now pay more for a new outboard than I originally paid for the entire boat.
And I will like it. Not a DIY repower doe, paying the pros on this one. Yay boats!
If onlyI heard someone at work say BOAT means Break Out Another Thousand
yes old synthetics vs modern synthetics are completely different animals (im not sure of the details, my wife is the chemical engineer who actually designs the motor oils for living). The short version of the story is if you keep the oil topped off, and have reasonably normal driving habits, 10k mile changes wont hurt anything. The mfg recommends them that way and you (general consumers) should listen to them, they spend alot of time and money optimizing both the vehicle itself and the oils that go into them. Modern synthetics have such good additive packages that they hold contaminants in suspension. I havent done an oil change less than 10k miles in the last 8 years and even do periodic oil analysis on the engines and they all come back good. even volatility on modern oils is lower (you have less of it evaporating off for lack of a better way to explain this)
I have little doubt that i could run 15k miles on a change. (i havent seen a filter rated for more than 15k mile drain interval, and changing the filter without the oil just seems silly to me) If you do alot of idling, or short trips where the car doesnt warm up for a while you may want to change more frequently since that dumps extra fuel into the oil (which breaks down additives) and additional contaminates.
p.s. the oil companies have lawyers that wouldn't let them advertise these change intervals without test data to support the extended drain being harmless, it would only take one person suing the company for ruining their engine with the extended drain to completely turn their tune around since $$$$ is what everything is about.
Driveway engine swap. Engine out the bottom no less. Nice!
Cinder blocks under cars make me twitchy but I see you have additional supports.
Totally agree, wouldn't do this again... I did have 2x 1500lbs ratchet straps on the 4x6 to the back tow hooks to stop slippage. At the highest angles it did start to slip every so slightly. Back wheels were also e-brake'd, and chocked. I was under the car when the front was this high for less than a minute total. Still terrifying.Kudos to you for tackling this job and for $400, why not? However, man...there is NO WAY id ever get under a car like that...if anything, put the back up as high as you can as well and try to somewhat level the car....With that crazy angle you are on, id say there is a chance it can slip. Even if its a remote chance.
Genius. Where was this when I had my Integras? Would have been all the tools I ever needed.
That is nutty, but nice work! Reminds me of my friends MR2 engine and auto-to-manual swap. The engine has to come out the bottom, so we dropped the engine onto a creeper and lifted the back of the car with the engine lift to slide it out. Late-night high school driveway mechanic-ing.Wanted to give everyone a update on the state of the Infiniti...
It started to make some knocking/slapping noises really loudly on my commute home from work. I was only a mile from home, and knew it didn't have much life anyways. I gave it full throttle, and within seconds (I don't think it even got to redline) it gave out. Pulled over and tried to start it a few times, it sputtered a few times before its final death.
I got a junkyard motor with 130k and a 90 day full warranty for $400. While the pics arnt here of it going in, or the motors being swapped I have it in now and it runs awesome. Need to buckle up a few things in the next few days and it should be ready to go. Mainly rebuild a CV that fell apart after yanking on it, and weld a new flex pipe into the exhaust. You can see where I cut it dangling under the car.
First time I have ever done an engine, and 90% of it was by myself. Certainly learned a lot, but don't know if I am going to be doing another in my moms driveway anytime soon.
if it’s worth the hassle
Cool project. And that looks like a cool place to visit.Wanted to give everyone a update on the state of the Infiniti...
yeah I didnt try anything yesterday just more diagnosis. My first thought was to take out the dome lightbulbs since she doesnt drive at night but then she will still see the "door ajar" error.yes
can you disable it somehow - it is probably a normally closed switch which is held open when the door is closed.
pith it from the outside? It is already broken, can't break it more?
jeez I went into the toolbox to get my 10mm and it was missing as my son last used it... found it in the wrong slot but that made me nuts for like 10 mm I mean min.