Well I got up this morning with a goal, to fix my tranny leaks and my engine oil pan leak. I told you all how I took my car back to the lot I got it from and had them fix the leaking tranny pan, yeah, they lied...every 10mm bolt was way loose on the pan! Not any more! I also check all of the 10mm bolts on the engine oil pan and all of the drivers side bolts were loose...not any more. Once I retightened all the bolts on both pans I grabbed some heavy duty degreaser and went to town on the entire underside of the engine including brake lines, tranny lines, frame, oil pan, tranny pan and exhaust. I let it sit for 20min then hosed it off, re-spayed it all again and repeated. I removed the metal shield under the radiator first before I degreased everything. After the cleaning I dried it and checked for leaks. All clear, so time for the test drive so I could stir up the fluids.

When I got home and re-inspected and I found that one of the lines from the tranny to the radiator was still leaking just a touch at the radiator. The engine oil pan is sealed as well as the tranny pan. Now I have to fix a small brake line leak and the power steering leak and I am done with the leaks. So far so good and now that I have some free time from chick drama I can put my attention to the important things in life, like tires, shocks and an alignment....maybe some 12" subs, who knows.

 

right on thxone, now shouldnt ya be working on the car and not on here. GET TO WORK!!!

 

yeah the drama's tiring to hear. But good job on the fixes, the shops tend to not finish there work so you'll come back asking to fix something else and spend more money...but if you need help with the subs i'm always here. And does your rear shocks come out, cause mine don't.

 

My rear shocks should come out fine, the fronts I will have done when I get the alignment done...somewhere around $200 but worth it. I will buy the fronts myself though and not from the alignment shop.

 

yeah no i was just asking if your rears will com off. mine wouldn't but i measured and such and still no. Damn 200 bucks is a grip bro.

 

Maybe I am not following you here....yes, my rear shocks will come off...why would you measure or what would you measure to take your shocks off? $200 is including alignement and instaling the front shocks, $60 for the alignment the rest is the instal.

 

dude...install the shocks yourself. its not hard. not at all. and alignment for all 4 wheels where im at was 85 dollars.

 

I haven't looked at my front shocks yet to see how hard they would be but if a ball joint or tie rod has to come off then I will just let them do it...my tools are limited...though my skills are good...though not as good as JB's280z skills. Now of course if they are not hard I will do them myself.

 

they arent...been there done that... well..not on a s130. my z32 and my dads s30...but between the two i dont see the s130 being any harder.

 

my rears won't come off though, i tried and tried again with a sludge hammer, nothing . And i measured tring to swap springs, not in this thread but they didn't fit, don't worry it's not about you.

 

i have personal changed out the rear struts and srpings it was a eazy job... but the front take more more time and u will need the right tools... right size sockets.. i belive 17mm ? i look forward in buying performece shocks and putting them in myself... nice to hear from u thxone