{"id":1961,"date":"2007-12-24T15:45:57","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T20:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2007-12-24T15:45:57","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T20:45:57","slug":"second-best-christmas-present-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=1961","title":{"rendered":"Second best Christmas Present EVER!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first being the one I got from <a href=\"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=1953\">Ride Fast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mom&#8217;s car has been leaking oil in ever increasing puddles, and against my better wishes, she took it to a dealer for an estimate. <\/p>\n<p>The estimate invol;ved a new oil pan (it was totally destroyed, according to the written) and gasket, ($1400, parts and labor) and a new pair of upper and lower ball joints (desperately needed, please do not drive the vehicle under any circumstances) <\/p>\n<p>Now, this is a Taurus. <\/p>\n<p>FOr the uninitiated, the Taurus has McPherson struts. No upper ball joints. And the lowers are in perfect shape, I discover. <\/p>\n<p>So I put it on blocks, and crawl under.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1960\" height=400 alt=pushedout.jpg src=\"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/pushedout.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;smile&#8221; shapeed part outlined at the lower end is the oil pan gasket, extruded out of it&#8217;s recess under the crankshaft front end. The gasket has just worked it&#8217;s way out.  So I loosen the pan bolts, let it sag a bit, push the gasket back into place, and re-tighten the bolts. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1962\" height=300alt=fixed.jpg src=\"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/fixed.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A little bit better angle, showing the gasket pushed back in, and tightened up nicely.<\/p>\n<p>Total time spent, 15 minutes. Including the oil change,m which I did on general principles. Total cost, $19. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sending a copy of the estimate and the pictures to Ford Corporate to let them know how their shops are treating old women. One way or the nother, I am SO goddamned tickled to have this fixed and out of my garage, and have mom mobile again and not freaking about her car&#8230; What a great Christmas present. Damn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first being the one I got from Ride Fast Mom&#8217;s car has been leaking oil in ever increasing puddles, and against my better wishes, she took it to a dealer for an estimate. The estimate invol;ved a new oil pan (it was totally destroyed, according to the written) and gasket, ($1400, parts and labor) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}