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BoneIdle

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I'm lazy this morning, so I'm not going to try to update my old threads:

Finally got a decent shop to replace the NATIONALLY-KNOWN-BRAND-NAME muffler that was dragging the ground. They had to do some bending of the front pipe since the constant pushing forward every time I backed out of the driveway and had forced the pipe and the resonator forward ( and down ). They used a really tasteful glass pack for a muffler. It sounds good and isn't loud. It's also 3 inches or so in diameter ( instead of 6 ).

And Hooray! I've finally gotten the OD straightened out. Thanks to Doc Entropy and TwigWorker and others for their advice. I ended up draining the whole mess once more, pulling both the relief valve and the solenoid valve, cleaning it all up, and refilling with 6 and 1/2 pints of oil. I added a half pint of Marvel Mystery Oil to that.

Been driving it for way more than enough miles to reproduce the problem and so far, it's working fine. The OD feels a touch more positive than it used to, but not rough.

Now of course, I've revealed another evil. Now that everything is clean, the shifter has gotten a noisy tick-buzz when not held in my hand!

Figures, don't it?
 
Re: Update

One more drain/refill, and check the nylon bushing at the bottom of the shifter. Though for as little as they cost and as much 'hassle' as they are to check (think ~spring~ and circlip contest here), it may be a good idea to have the replacement on-hand and just renew it.
 
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