HoosierBuddy
Well-known member
Hey guys,
Saturday morning I decided to tackle changing a flexplate on my mustang. I was figuring 3 days to do the work. That's just my ballpark from many years of working on the car...virtually all of it in my old barn rather than my new garage.
Saturday night I was driving the car again.
With the new garage I've got a couple of huge time savers.
1. The lift. The biggest savings there is you don't have to get down on a creeper, slide under the car, find out that 1/2" nut is really 9/16", slide back out from under the car, get the 9/16" socket, slide back under the car, realize that roughly HALF the bolts on a 4R70W transmission are metric and that this must be one of them...slide back out...repeat.
2. Just having all needed tools in one place. Before I had a garage, I had tools in my barn, tools in the basement, and tools in my truck. I always had to visit all 3 to find whatever tools were required for any job. Now it's all there within 10 feet, hanging on a pegboard or in my roll around.
Anyway...It was beautiful here Saturday, so I stayed after it and the next thing you know...it was done. I was stoked! And, the car starts much better now that the 164 tooth flex plate actually has 164 teeth...rather than 163 teeth and one large gap!
Phil
Saturday morning I decided to tackle changing a flexplate on my mustang. I was figuring 3 days to do the work. That's just my ballpark from many years of working on the car...virtually all of it in my old barn rather than my new garage.
Saturday night I was driving the car again.
With the new garage I've got a couple of huge time savers.
1. The lift. The biggest savings there is you don't have to get down on a creeper, slide under the car, find out that 1/2" nut is really 9/16", slide back out from under the car, get the 9/16" socket, slide back under the car, realize that roughly HALF the bolts on a 4R70W transmission are metric and that this must be one of them...slide back out...repeat.
2. Just having all needed tools in one place. Before I had a garage, I had tools in my barn, tools in the basement, and tools in my truck. I always had to visit all 3 to find whatever tools were required for any job. Now it's all there within 10 feet, hanging on a pegboard or in my roll around.
Anyway...It was beautiful here Saturday, so I stayed after it and the next thing you know...it was done. I was stoked! And, the car starts much better now that the 164 tooth flex plate actually has 164 teeth...rather than 163 teeth and one large gap!
Phil
