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Transmission hesitation... after the engine stalled 8 days ago, transmission hesitated a lot less. Dealer made a note in the car's records, so I guess I'll leave it here for now.
It took me that long to get the rear diffy fill and drain plugs removed the first time! Took all the tricks I knew from shims to remove play on the 1/2" drive socket, to using a jack to get leverage on the breaker bar. (I know, I know...amateurs!)
Everything else was easy after that...
Jim
-mike
Are you working nights or something? It's 11pm and I'm in Calif!
BTW nice pix.
Jim
Steve
-mike
Steve: tools, yummy.
Reminds me of my brother-in-law, the one that just visited us. He has all kinds of air tools at home, even torque sticks. Better yet, he teaches Industrial Arts, so he can always go to school and use even better tools there. There ain't much he can't do!
-juice
Steve
bit
They may be doing more than the required services, you might want to ask them about that.
-juice
-juice
Craig
-mike
Craig
For those in the Chicago area, avoid Schaumburg Subaru like the plague (till they get some techs older than teenagers!) and go to Gary Lang (or Roto)!
Thanks to everyone who helped out earlier and Kudos to SOAs customer service people.
Steve
It showed that dirt was getting past my air filter and into my engine. They were right. My Amsoil air filter was covered in crud.
-Dennis
Another thought - could there be condensation in the gas tank? You might try a bottle of DryGas, it worked for Kate.
-juice
-juice
Warm = Baaaad
Glad we could help....
Steve
Should this be?
-mike
Bob
Thanks
Jerry
They first replaced the plugs and coil assembly. When I called back the first day, they said it still wasn't working right - it was now backfiring.
Ended up also replacing the fuel injector and ignition wire.
Is 6 hours labor reasonable for that work?
I'm asking this because the dealer (Toyota/Subaru) lost their key Subaru tech. a few months ago (he moved away). I don't mind paying for the actual labor (including diagnosis), but I'm leery about paying for learning time.
Jim
-Dave
-juice
If he lied about the psi, I don't trust the torque settings either. Why should I? It bugs that they do rotations for free. I'd rather they charged me $10.00 and did a legitimately good job like checking for correct air pressures and torque.
I have a new digital air pressure gauge but no torque wrench. I looked on Sears.Com Craftsmans and they had about 30 or so up to $200.00. I have no idea what to get but I'd like to have one. I do have an assortment of sockets but don't know if they are the correct size nor how they adapt to a torque wrench.
Care to educate a car maintenance novice? Thanks guys!
Rebecca
P.S. I found this page which I found interesting. Even howstuffworks.com doesn't have torque wrenches in its library.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec2000/975805815.Eg.r.html
Sounds like your tech hasn't got with the program.
Steve, Host
Do I bug the dealer? If so, do I do it right away or give it a few days?
John
If you already have sockets, just put them on your wheel lugs to see what size fits. For cars, it's usually anywhere from 19mm to 22mm.
Then go buy a torque wrench that fits that socket (or get an adaptor so it fits).
If you don't have a ratchet/socket set, then you can start from scratch.
-juice
Jon
I'll do that at 60k, when I need to change the air filter again anyways.
Take it in, John. If your O2 sensor fails later on, you have records that it might have been malfunctioning earlier. Mazda charged us $220 (!) just for parts to change ours on our 626.
-juice
Good for you for keeping up on details like that!
You can find torque wrenches for a lot less money here:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=- 239
Typically, tools like that come in 1/2" or 3/8" drives. I'd even say that typical socket sets are more popular in 3/8" drive.
You can either:
- Figure out the drive size of your existing socket and match the torque wrench, or
- Buy a torque wrench and buy the socket that matches the wrench and the lug nuts
Most auto shops will sell individual sockets for a couple of bucks each.
Ken
-mike
If I am understanding correctly the 1/2" or 3/8" refers to the square part that sticks out the side of the end of the wrench handle and holds the socket on. So my socket would either fit the torque wrench as is or I need an adapter if it is the opposite size.
Thank you again!
Steve: I called Les Schwab's and told them I was disappointed. The manager was friendly and apologized but also mentioned they replace their gauges weekly and that maybe mine is off. But if mine is off wouldn't it be off the same on all wheels? Mine is anly a couple of weeks old.
Juice: Yeah, you are probably right about them still not doing the job right even if they charged.
Ken: I have picked up on a lot about the details reading here. I would like to do more maintenance but I cannot imagine getting under my car. Scares me. I am afraid I will cause more harm than good. I'll do other stuff though. I installed my own speakers and stereo!
Rebecca
Personally, I'd find another servicer...
Good job on the carfi install!
-Colin
Jim
I have not needed deep sockets for any of my lugs, but it wouldn't hurt to have them, they are more flexible.
-juice
-mike
Forester, Legacy, and Outback lug nuts are 19mm.
Sears very often has Craftsman 3/8" drive deep well socket sets (Metric or SAE) on sale for half price. When it's on sale, you can get the set for a little more money than just buying the one 19mm socket ($5.49). Look for item #34443 on http://www.sears.com Regular price is $19.99 for the 9 piece set; often on sale for $9.99.
DaveM