What did you do today to your 3/S?

Yesterday I finished the work on my SL wheels.

They went from this
https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/...96801719_n.jpg

To this.
https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/...02852193_n.jpg


Not perfect but better.

Yesterday I pit 5 gallons of gas in a gas can for it. Plan on draining out the tank and putting the fresh gas in it and trying to get it started again for the first time since last summer.

purchased a 6g75 mivec top end

Removed dust/splash shields in anticipation of swapping in the new DSM sidemount on the passenger-side tonight.

The difference in difficulty between the two sides was not anticipated; by comparison with the driver-side IC, this one will damn near fall out all by itself; if I had known, I'd have left the whole thing for tonight, as I had to leave things last night in order to attend my grand-son's ball game.

I think I'll have an hour-and-a-half into this one, after spending most of last Saturday on the driver's side, and still having one mounting bolt to finagle, there. :rolleyes:

battling a leak on my 6 speed tranny drain plug and a leak on my power stereing pump. A friend recommended using a o2 sensor plug from a downpipe on the tranny drain plug as it is a bit longer, its tightening but still have a small leak, now I put teflon tape on it a biger washer and some rtv lol I gotta go look this morning ! otherwise that billet broomfield endcase looks really nice.

I had a leak on the PS pump for a while, bought another PS pump and still had the leak, this time I had the PS pump locally rebuilt and frik there is still the leak so now I am suspecting the hose that goes over the shaft. Do these Hoses/alumnium connectors ever wear out? I put some RTV over the o-rings, not sure this is a good idea, I gotta go look on this this morning too.

Original owner painted all the interior trim white. So I have been slowly replacing it back. I also replaced the carpet for new black instead of the grey panel. The white trim was just too much. Also was tired of how fast it would get dirty lol.

After
http://www.primaryboost.com/store/rt...l/DSC_6574.JPG

Before
http://www.primaryboost.com/store/rt...l/DSC_6573.JPG

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Originally Posted by DuTTch

battling a leak on my 6 speed tranny drain plug and a leak on my power stereing pump. A friend recommended using a o2 sensor plug from a downpipe on the tranny drain plug as it is a bit longer, its tightening but still have a small leak, now I put teflon tape on it a biger washer and some rtv lol I gotta go look this morning ! otherwise that billet broomfield endcase looks really nice.

I had a leak on the PS pump for a while, bought another PS pump and still had the leak, this time I had the PS pump locally rebuilt and frik there is still the leak so now I am suspecting the hose that goes over the shaft. Do these Hoses/alumnium connectors ever wear out? I put some RTV over the o-rings, not sure this is a good idea, I gotta go look on this this morning too.

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Are you using copper/ aluminum crush washers? I have heard of people having much better luck using those washers that have a metal outer ring but rubber inner ring like this one:

http://images.oreillyauto.com/parts/...97-028-001.jpg

As for hoses, some will develop leaks where they are crimped for the high pressure connectors. Ive seen it happen on other cars though. Most 3/s Power steering leaks I have seen are on the rack/ rack lines.

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Originally Posted by DuTTch

battling a leak on my 6 speed tranny drain plug and a leak on my power stereing pump. A friend recommended using a o2 sensor plug from a downpipe on the tranny drain plug as it is a bit longer, its tightening but still have a small leak, now I put teflon tape on it a biger washer and some rtv lol I gotta go look this morning ! otherwise that billet broomfield endcase looks really nice.

I had a leak on the PS pump for a while, bought another PS pump and still had the leak, this time I had the PS pump locally rebuilt and frik there is still the leak so now I am suspecting the hose that goes over the shaft. Do these Hoses/alumnium connectors ever wear out? I put some RTV over the o-rings, not sure this is a good idea, I gotta go look on this this morning too.

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Mark, with a new crush washer the tranny drain plug should not be leaking. Are you positive it is not leaking from the case seal and running down?

On the PS system, if you haven't changed out all the rubber hoses you should plan on doing it. Those hoses just get hard over time and don't seal well on the hardlines and reservois.

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Originally Posted by Jimvr4

Mark, with a new crush washer the tranny drain plug should not be leaking. Are you positive it is not leaking from the case seal and running down?

On the PS system, if you haven't changed out all the rubber hoses you should plan on doing it. Those hoses just get hard over time and don't seal well on the hardlines and reservois.

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I think there's a rubber O-ring that needs to be replaced on the hose that goes to the pump. Might want to just replace the whole hose like Jim said though and eliminate other parts that might be leaking on the hose. I got one from auto zone for a friends car and it fit fine.

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

I think there's a rubber O-ring that needs to be replaced on the hose that goes to the pump. Might want to just replace the whole hose like Jim said though and eliminate other parts that might be leaking on the hose. I got one from auto zone for a friends car and it fit fine.

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Yes there are two small O-rings on the hardlines that join the rack as well. There is also a rebuild kit for the pumps that has about 10 O-rings including the one you mention but it is tedious to rebuild the pump.