Last Sunday I was able to get out for the first time this year, and the first time since last August or so. Incredibly green track, lots of moisture, and cool. Took a while to even be remotely confident the slicks were going to hold, but managed some decent times. Best I had on camera was the 1:45.404, I did run 3 1:44s throughout the day (reference, I was running consistent 1:41/42 last year).
I had scheduled to run all day, but after 4 sessions I took my 7 year old for lunch and when we came back he was helping me rotate tires side to side. I noticed an oily smell and looked underneath, it appeared my rear differential was leaking something terrible. It was really odd because there wasn't a trail leading to the garage or anything, just about a gallon of oil on the ground. Ended up loading up about 2pm and heading home. I didn't have time to get it on a lift until Monday night, but quickly found out it wasn't the differential, but rather the transmission. LUCKILY, it was just the vent line on top of the transmission that wasn't torqued down properly, which explained why there wasn't a trail leading to the garage. Once I turned the car off, the coolers stopped running and the fluid overheated and went out the vent. Last fall I replaced the slave cylinder and we must not have torqued it all the way when we put the transmission back in. I wasn't even all that upset as it cost me a few hundred dollars for fluid and what not, rather than an EMCO transmission overhaul.
Ready to go back out in a few weeks after there's some more rubber down on the track!
I had scheduled to run all day, but after 4 sessions I took my 7 year old for lunch and when we came back he was helping me rotate tires side to side. I noticed an oily smell and looked underneath, it appeared my rear differential was leaking something terrible. It was really odd because there wasn't a trail leading to the garage or anything, just about a gallon of oil on the ground. Ended up loading up about 2pm and heading home. I didn't have time to get it on a lift until Monday night, but quickly found out it wasn't the differential, but rather the transmission. LUCKILY, it was just the vent line on top of the transmission that wasn't torqued down properly, which explained why there wasn't a trail leading to the garage. Once I turned the car off, the coolers stopped running and the fluid overheated and went out the vent. Last fall I replaced the slave cylinder and we must not have torqued it all the way when we put the transmission back in. I wasn't even all that upset as it cost me a few hundred dollars for fluid and what not, rather than an EMCO transmission overhaul.
Ready to go back out in a few weeks after there's some more rubber down on the track!
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