"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
07/14/2019 at 11:38 • Filed to: None
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"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
07/14/2019 at 11:38 • Filed to: None | 5
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I can taste it. Bump for the daylight crowd.
So one of the main problems I had left was from the dipstick. Namely, the machine shop broke it off (not suprising) and then didn’t tell me until I picked it up (more suprising).
Well, oe ones are expensive and aftermarket ones are kind of sucky. If I don’t go with an orig specification stick I wont know how much to trim it down, as... I don’t know the damn oil level.
The reproduction ones .... (wait for it).... weren’t designed for headers! I ended having to trim about an inch off the bottom of the tube just to get it into the hole straight under the header flange. Hopefully this won’t result in the dipstick bending and getting pulled into the crankshaft or some shit.
I also did some creative bending with my brake line tool and it seems that is where I messed up: at the factory angle the tube wants to jut off into the brake lines but when bent in it’s correct location the dipstick refuses to go in because of the steep angle. This is no matter how much I twist and torture it.
TL:DR I can’t start my engine because I can’t check the damn oil level.
Also, my battery discharged despite not being connected to anything at all. charging it is not providing a lot of good info either, as the charger seems to float around 5 amps for hours and hours. not sure if this means it’s dead or not, but at least I can get one of these at any auto parts store.
Napa brand -The Legend. Legend at sucking ass I guess.
I’ll repost this tomorrow for the daytime crew.
MM54
> My bird IS the word
07/13/2019 at 21:32 |
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If all else fails and the engine is empty of oil, put in the pan’s spec for how capacity - that is how much should be in it. Mark/trim whatever dipstick you get to fit accordingly.
As for the battery, sounds like it’s bad. They have a pretty good warranty on the Legend series batteries, can probably get a pro-rated replacement. How long did it sit? Batteries will self-discharge and if let go too far will go too far all on their own.
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My bird IS the word
> MM54
07/13/2019 at 21:38 |
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Yeah I let it sit for a few years like a dummy.- the car still has the break in oil in it and I don’t want to mess with draining it- it’s just easier to order a new dipstick tube.
Discerning
> My bird IS the word
07/13/2019 at 22:47 |
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Take the battery to a NAPA store. They’ll put it into a tester that charges it. If it fails, it will print a receipt that states it failed and to what extent.
Legend has a free replacement up to 18 months. Over 18 months, you get a replacement battery at a cost of 80 cents per month. So 20 months would be 16 bucks and so on.
Look at the top of the battery. The year and month should be etched out based on the date it left the E ast Penn factory.
At least that was the policy 4 years ago.
vondon302
> My bird IS the word
07/14/2019 at 11:59 |
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So close but yet so far.
Ggood luck
HammerheadFistpunch
> My bird IS the word
07/14/2019 at 12:30 |
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sounds like battery sulfation. if it’s left in a low
state of charge it will take amps
but won’t have capacity or voltage. this happened to my
camper battery once. long story short... it's toast.
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My bird IS the word
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/14/2019 at 14:26 |
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Thanks for the heads up. Gonna take it to the store and have them test it today