One of the greatest feelings in the world for a car enthusiast is finally getting started on a project. Of course, life never really works the way you want to and you’ll inevitably have to hit the pause button. You might feel inclined to throw whatever loose parts you have into a bin to get back to them later – but don’t do that. Are you going to remember where all the bits are in a week, a month, or a year from now? Are those parts going to be ok sitting in the open air?
Today, Jason announced that his Nissan Pao is finally back on the road after two deer hits and replacing a worn transmission. He’s considering taking apart his old transmission to repair it, and I love the advice from our commentariat. Parsko says:
Under no circumstance are you to touch that old transmission unless you are fully committed to fixing it and putting it back together!!!
It is currently perfectly packaged for long term storage much better (fully assembled) than it is in pieces and/or in plastic totes in your garage or basement.
MATTinMKE echoes this advice:
Let’s take a moment and think about this Torch. The old transmission is potentially a block of unobtainium. Maybe store it intact (unopened) for future use. Much better to store it that way instead of in totes disassembled.
This is great advice. Don’t be like us, keep your parts in one piece when you’re storing them!
We appreciate how Nissan is embracing its position in the market as a provider of cheap new cars for people of all types of credit, and today Thomas shared his positive feelings for a mildly sporty version of the Rogue. You weren’t buying it. From Rippstik:
Center exhausts make everything cooler.
(reads article)
Center exhausts make almost everything cooler.
Finally, here’s a great joke from my piece about fixing your BMW’s cooling hoses. A. Barth, take it away!
I appreciate that you started with some background info before getting into the parts failure.
You know, prose before hose.
Have a great evening, everyone!
This is solid advice. I know people who take things apart and don’t store all the pieces in one place. I’ve helped a lot figuring how to piece stuff like that all back together. It’s like a mechanical puzzle.
Woohoo! 😀
That was masterful.
*genuflects*
Wow – thank you very much!
I believe this is my first ever COTD, thanks Mercedes!
And yes, unobtainium is very over used.
Unobtainium was and is a real thing, though political restrictions are no longer the cause.
The term may have been used for some desirable, but lesser materials.
My information is that it is an aluminum matrix or composite that is 99% pure, with boron and carbon, and perhaps other proprietary bits added I am unaware of.
Typically cast, this results in very light material with staggering heat tolerance and toughness.
Unfortunately, as hard to machine as the steels it can replace, or worse.
Not a chance. The curiosity will end you.
Unobtanium is becoming way overused.
I mean, it’s more relevant than ever, with parts going NLA at an ever increasing rate.
And that’s exactly why we need Ukraine to sign the deal!
We can’t just build our hyperbole out of obscure Lanthanides and Actinides forever. My Passat’s power steering parts are made of Unnilquadium, so basically I just fix them with duct tape and screw clamps.
Despite the constant negative press covfefe,unobtanium will be around forever if you look in the right places not the left places.Only the right places have access to very best unobtanium,not the left.We will obtain all the unobtanium and be the greatest unobtaniums ever.
OHHH YEEEAH!
That’s just what he needs, Kool-Aid Man coming in and wrecking up the place with moisture and Red 40.
I would also have accepted Macho Man Randy Savage, may he rest in peace.
I was thinking of the song by Yello, perhaps most famous for it’s use in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Yay! Makes my day when I get cotd!
Glanced at the headline and the pic and briefly thought “Carbonite is real? Excellent! Star Wars saw the future!”
As Torch is warned to not just put it in the cargo hold…