Corolla Out of Comission
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:02 pm
Just temporarily. Great timing with the 3 blowing out a shock...
The replacement trans cooler lines are too big (Thanks Advanced Auto). I have the lines that came off the car to match diameter to try that again. This car in not operational until this repair. I bent the connector coming off the radiator (the trans hoses were really stuck on), it might be ok, but the radiator is shedding radiator fast so I have a replacement on order along with new upper and lower hoses and a thermostat and cap. Also the mid way metal part of the trans lines are rotted, and one broke. I think this was the actual cause of the leak. Yes, before I broke it...
My plan is to bypass the center stretch of rotted metal hose and just put in rubber trans hose from trans to radiator and back, unless someone has heard of that being a really bad idea.
I also plan to drain the coolant, and clean/spray out the heater core. I am sure it will be an adventure. Hopefully I can use this car again before the winter...
This is also the plate on my transfer station pass. I wonder if you can have 2 plates numbers on those passes...
The replacement trans cooler lines are too big (Thanks Advanced Auto). I have the lines that came off the car to match diameter to try that again. This car in not operational until this repair. I bent the connector coming off the radiator (the trans hoses were really stuck on), it might be ok, but the radiator is shedding radiator fast so I have a replacement on order along with new upper and lower hoses and a thermostat and cap. Also the mid way metal part of the trans lines are rotted, and one broke. I think this was the actual cause of the leak. Yes, before I broke it...
My plan is to bypass the center stretch of rotted metal hose and just put in rubber trans hose from trans to radiator and back, unless someone has heard of that being a really bad idea.
I also plan to drain the coolant, and clean/spray out the heater core. I am sure it will be an adventure. Hopefully I can use this car again before the winter...
This is also the plate on my transfer station pass. I wonder if you can have 2 plates numbers on those passes...