Re: Pan gasket and new problem. aaaargh!!

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

<x-flowed>I put the filter and pan back on the tranny today, with a new gasket. I had 
to torque the bolts about 5 times before they would hold torque. If I had 
had to guess I would never have believed how tight 7 lb ft is. I put about 
2.5 liters of ATF in and then started the engine, so I could measure with 
the dipstick. In the end it took pretty much exactly three litres - 3 quart 
bottles that I bought (why do they sell it in quart bottles even here???!!) 
and the dregs of another bottle I had lying around.

All I can say for now is so far so good, I drove it backwards and forwards 
on my driveway and it refused to leak. I have now left it with a cardboard 
box under it to catch any drips, but it was clean when I last checked.

I now have a new problem. I can't believe this has happened, and so soon 
after fixing so many other things --- I seem to have stripped one of my 
wheel lug bolt threads. It torqued almost up to the correct amount and then 
just let go. It is definitely the thread and not the bolt, as I tried a 
different one.

How on earth do I fix this? And is it safe to drive like this for any 
distance at all? All of the other bolts torqued up OK.

It never rains, as they say . . .


Daniel



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