Losing transmission fluid.

IDK where these are made, we buy them from our local lumberyard. Got a 3/8" drive, 3 1/2" drive, and 2 3/4" drives.

I've taken truck wheels off with the 1/2".

Yes they are good. We have a couple air guns that we haven't used in years....

Hamfisted said:

You know anybody with an air impact wrench ? If that's a battery powered Milwaukee impact, then yeah, it ain't gonna break it loose. It'll take an air impact to do it. Check all your other lug nuts now, and make sure you can break them free. You don't want to be stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire and run into this issue.

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My Milwaukee will do the job under normal circumstances.

it took the one off at the junk yard just fine. These are basically welded to the studs due to the heat from the brake locking up.

sjwelds said:

I've taken truck wheels off with the 1/2".

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I'll give one a try. Thanks for the recommendation.

When I replaced a leaking power steering line, I had the mechanic do the transmission lines because they were a step behind the power steering lines in terms of rust. For what it's worth...

Trainmaster said:

Are those things really any good? I have a Milwaukee China right angle 3/8" impact wrench that sucks. Tell me which ones are good and I'll try them.

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I've got this one. I paid $150 w/ the battery during a holiday sale. Lifetime warranty on all of the Ridgid stuff. Ridgid makes a high torque version also, but that one puts out 620 ft./lbs so it's good for most jobs.

Trainmaster said:

I doubt it. A vent maybe, but short of the cooler lines, there's the bulkhead connector where the wires pass into the case. They often leak and there were recalls for the o-rungs on them, but nothing that would shoot fluid under pressure. That would be a cooler line.

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My 2009 EL had that leak. I ordered the bulkhead connector and replaced it. You have to drop the transmission pan because there is a release for the bulkhead connector inside. While you're in there, replace the transmission filter and pan gasket. Button everything back up and fill it back up with new Mercon. That's a pain to do because the filler hole is on the right side very close to the catalytic converter. And the fluid level is critical. There is a little bitty dipstick there. Wear heavy gloves or you will burn your hand. The fluid level needs to be checked with the transmission at normal operating temperature and on level ground, idling in park. Some mechanics just fill the transmission cold with the level just at the bottom of the crosshatch area on the dipstick. At least Mercon is not expensive at the Ford dealer. It has been 6 years since I replaced that bulkhead connector, so I don't remember how many quarts of Mercon it took. Gimme a break... I'm 80 Y. O.

I had lug nuts frozen on an Audi Fox I had back in 1980 (great car by the way). Nothing worse than either frozen or swollen nuts. The tire shop waaaay over torqued them. I put a 6 foot black iron pipe on the breaker bar (top quality SK) and just leaned on it out horizontal or so. At first even that didn't do it with I added a little oomph and with a "creak" noise it broke loose and I was on my way. 200 pounds at 6 foot length is like 1200 foot pounds I think. Was able to get all the wheels off.

btw.. IMHO no matter how hot it gets, I dont believe thats why the nuts are frozen on. I think it could be corrosion OR over torque --- as if I really know. I dunno.

James McCracken said:

My Milwaukee will do the job under normal circumstances.

it took the one off at the junk yard just fine. These are basically welded to the studs due to the heat from the brake locking up.

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Ok. But I have a Milwaukee 18v 1/2" impact and it really struggles to break my lug nuts loose ( 140 ft lbs torque to specs ). Whereas my air gun will pop it off like butter.
But just check your other lug nuts on the Expy to make sure you can get them off on the side of the road if you need to. Been there, done that.

I like my 18V Milwaukee, but it does seem to max out at about 140 ft-lbs. Had to take off the front drive shaft from the transfer case when I did the tranny. It took soaking the bolts, heat, and an air impact to get them off. Two of us, and it still took an hour for six bolts.

Hamfisted said:

You know anybody with an air impact wrench ? If that's a battery powered Milwaukee impact, then yeah, it ain't gonna break it loose. It'll take an air impact to do it. Check all your other lug nuts now, and make sure you can break them free. You don't want to be stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire and run into this issue.

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Air impact wouldn’t budge them.

checked the others a few minutes ago. Right rear my Milwaukee took them off just fine.

the driver side is just like the front passenger side. They won’t budge.