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After watching a little bit of a weep for the last couple of years I decided it was finally time to tackle that job.
Armed with a new gasket, oil filter, filter seal and crush washer it was time to crawl under the car.
As I started to jack up the car I realised I still don't know how to get the thing up on jack stands. No clue where to jack and then where to put stands. In the end I was working with the car up on a floor jack lowered almost onto jackstands where I thought they would *probably* hold the weight if needed. Not the smartest move, but it's done now. Note to me, work out how to get the car up onto stands properly...
29 bolts later and the oil was drained and the pan was off, I had read through a couple of walk throughs but there seems to be a few minor differences, but luckily nothing of consequence.
Seems my pickup has been a little hammered:
You can see the inside of the pan has a few dents:
So it's out with the old:
and in with the new:
And while I had it all out and cleaned up I thought to myself... why not add a splash of colour with the left over calliper paint I had
The old gasket actually looked to be in pretty good shape so I'm not sure where it was leaking but it's all back together and taken for a 10 minute drive and I can't see anything leaking.
Nothing like getting your hands dirty
Armed with a new gasket, oil filter, filter seal and crush washer it was time to crawl under the car.
As I started to jack up the car I realised I still don't know how to get the thing up on jack stands. No clue where to jack and then where to put stands. In the end I was working with the car up on a floor jack lowered almost onto jackstands where I thought they would *probably* hold the weight if needed. Not the smartest move, but it's done now. Note to me, work out how to get the car up onto stands properly...
29 bolts later and the oil was drained and the pan was off, I had read through a couple of walk throughs but there seems to be a few minor differences, but luckily nothing of consequence.
Seems my pickup has been a little hammered:
You can see the inside of the pan has a few dents:
So it's out with the old:
and in with the new:
And while I had it all out and cleaned up I thought to myself... why not add a splash of colour with the left over calliper paint I had
The old gasket actually looked to be in pretty good shape so I'm not sure where it was leaking but it's all back together and taken for a 10 minute drive and I can't see anything leaking.
Nothing like getting your hands dirty
HAHAHA
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