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wow,

I guess the Carolina Panthers are moving the game this week, was supposed to be a home game in Carolina. They were worried about a drop in attendance, little did they know, most of their fans were gonna stay home anyway and watch on their brand new, free big flat screens they picked up last night..........................





:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
dukeboy_318 said:
wow,

I guess the Carolina Panthers are moving the game this week, was supposed to be a home game in Carolina. They were worried about a drop in attendance, little did they know, most of their fans were gonna stay home anyway and watch on their brand new, free big flat screens they picked up last night..........................





:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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NICE!! :rofl::rofl:
 
ScampMike said:
and how's the car?
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It feels like ... well, just like before. Dang, I just remembered that I forgot to test the AC on my way home ...

zkx14 said:
dollars, yen?
Wifes Dodge Journey got inspected yesterday. All it needed was a license plate bulb. :thumbsup: My car on the other hand has been sucking up the $ in the last year or so. :BangHead:
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Sorry, didn't notice the typo. USD, I'm afraid. :eek:
 
360DartGT66 said:
Sorry, didn't notice the typo. USD, I'm afraid. :eek:
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Figured that's what you intended. You are pretty good at putting things in our terms. :) I probably put that much in my Magnum over the last year. About half of that in shop work and the rest in parts with me doing the work. Had I let the garage do it all, don't even want to know what total might have been. :eek:
 
To be fair, they did a whole lot of stuff to it so it's actually kinda cheap - remember, we're talking about a late model Audi and a proper auto shop here, not the cheapo little shop that always does our old car.

They changed timing belt+tensioner, water pump, alternator belt+tensioner, automatic transmission oil, one of the headlight sprayers and -last but not least - the AC condenser.

On top of this they did a regular 30k kilometer service.

Replacing the ATF is actually quite a procedure. They have to get the transmission to the correct temperature, siphon out the fluid, weigh what they took out and then add the same amount.
 
zkx14 said:
Figured that's what you intended. You are pretty good at putting things in our terms. :) I probably put that much in my Magnum over the last year. About half of that in shop work and the rest in parts with me doing the work. Had I let the garage do it all, don't even want to know what total might have been. :eek:
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Thanks, well, it takes me three seconds to convert and saves all of you the headache of doing it.

On my old car I do almost everything myself as you might have seen. I enjoy it and it makes zero sense to hand that piece of crud over to a professional ...
 
360DartGT66 said:
Replacing the ATF is actually quite a procedure. They have to get the transmission to the correct temperature, siphon out the fluid, weigh what they took out and then add the same amount.
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that's actually one of the things I had done on Magnum. Don't know how they did it, but I does not even have a dipstick.
 
zkx14 said:
that's actually one of the things I had done on Magnum. Don't know how they did it, but I does not even have a dipstick.
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Prolly the same then. Mine doesn't either.

The service intervals on modern cars are quite impressive, I think. Especially on the gear boxes. Sorry, transmissions.
 
360DartGT66 said:
Prolly the same then. Mine doesn't either.

The service intervals on modern cars are quite impressive, I think. Especially on the gear boxes.
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Magnum is from Mercedes engineering era at Chrysler. I think it called for trans oil change at 100K miles and I got to it after 150K Same as spark plugs, lol (but I did those)
 
zkx14 said:
that's actually one of the things I had done on Magnum. Don't know how they did it, but I does not even have a dipstick.
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My buddy came onto a late-model Jetta somehow, and found out it had no easy way to check the fluid level on the transmission so he got rid of it and says no VW's for him from now on...
 
goldfish65 said:
My buddy came onto a late-model Jetta somehow, and found out it had no easy way to check the fluid level on the transmission so he got rid of it and says no VW's for him from now on...
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Well, the thing is they don't leak. :)

Hi David, btw!
 
HI Anders, I thought you were mixing concrete today?
Trying to get motivated here, slept really poorly so I might just say screw it and lounge around today.
Oh, time to call my Dad. He's still in the psychiatric hospital, there are certain hours when you can call. My sister went to see him, she said it's a nice place and they are working on getting him out of there and into a place that will take good care of him.
 
sometimes ya just gotta "farm it out" - it's not that I can't do it - I a) don't really want to and b) just don't have the flippin' time...
 
360DartGT66 said:
To be fair, they did a whole lot of stuff to it so it's actually kinda cheap - remember, we're talking about a late model Audi and a proper auto shop here, not the cheapo little shop that always does our old car.

They changed timing belt+tensioner, water pump, alternator belt+tensioner, automatic transmission oil, one of the headlight sprayers and -last but not least - the AC condenser.

On top of this they did a regular 30k kilometer service.

Replacing the ATF is actually quite a procedure. They have to get the transmission to the correct temperature, siphon out the fluid, weigh what they took out and then add the same amount.
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IIRC you did say it was about 2k initially and then you added something that was another 150.. so, if it were me, I'd be happy that they didn't "find" another 500 worth of "incidental" charges..
 
zkx14 said:
that's actually one of the things I had done on Magnum. Don't know how they did it, but I does not even have a dipstick.
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it's a sealed fill tube.. apparently they (the transmissions) are very sensitive to moisture. To refill it after servicing you have to break the filler tube seal - use the special dipstick tool to measure the fluid at specific temperatures and then reseal the filler tube when done.. no permanent dipstick. The guy at the shop where I go also said the seals for the electronics going into the transmission are prone to failure.. and a royal PITA to change out
 
ScampMike said:
I am just running into these Mercedes transmissions myself - my BIL Jeep has the NAG1... me NOT touching that thing
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Not even sure what I got possibly same? It is 2005 AWD. All I know, if I can't change the fluid myself - I'm done. :BangHead: Find something else to work on.
 
zkx14 said:
that's actually one of the things I had done on Magnum. Don't know how they did it, but I does not even have a dipstick.
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Yup... Same as Benz's and Bimmers... No dipstick. I have done more than a few.. The drain plug is a two part thing. You pull the entire thing out to drain. The outer part of the plug has a stantion tube on it that sticks up into the pan. You fill it with a pump/siphon gun from the bottom until it overflows the tube. Then you start it up and get it to op temp, and top it off the same way through the tube. When it overflows, you put the plug in the tube and yur done...:lol:
 
ScampMike said:
it's a sealed fill tube.. apparently they (the transmissions) are very sensitive to moisture. To refill it after servicing you have to break the filler tube seal - use the special dipstick tool to measure the fluid at specific temperatures and then reseal the filler tube when done.. the guy at the shop where I go also said the seals for the electronics going into the transmission are prone to failure.. and a royal PITA to change out
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Actually they are pretty easy to do..
 
goldfish65 said:
HI Anders, I thought you were mixing concrete today?
Trying to get motivated here, slept really poorly so I might just say screw it and lounge around today.
Oh, time to call my Dad. He's still in the psychiatric hospital, there are certain hours when you can call. My sister went to see him, she said it's a nice place and they are working on getting him out of there and into a place that will take good care of him.
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I was planning to but I was dead tired all day today. Could barely get out of bed this morning and then I slept for an hour after lunch and wasn't the least bit less tired.

I hope things work out for your father.
 
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