Ok, I'm with you for oil changes (amazing the people who don't prime the oil
filter or put oil on the seal !), but tyre rotation ???? If you can't change
a wheel, you have no place being on the road. Knowing where to put oil /
water and change a tyre is part of the driving test here.

Dave Milne

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46ffcbeb$0$19578$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a
> thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done nothing
> more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are something new
> and they may have heard horror stories about "professionals" at places
> like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and ruining engines.
>
> Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the
> old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the drain
> plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into...
>
> If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why
> not ask the experts?
>
> Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent place
> to start.
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> > It's all hard if you have to ask.
> >
> >
> > Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the gas
> > tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail.
> >
> > Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum port
> > on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but makes a
> > huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate. Water seems
> > to work as well, and creates fewer complaints.
> >
> > I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this without
> > asking, you should not be doing any of this.
> >
> > Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change.
> >
> > Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a
> > drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from the
> > side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and fill
> > through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the fill
> > hole plug back in.
> >
> > Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil --
> > if you gotta ask ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sean" <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1191008070.447625.158040@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
> >> I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L).
> >> Which one of the following is easy to do?
> >>
> >> Fuel Inujection cleaning
> >> Engine Decarb
> >> oil change
> >> tire rotation
> >> manual tran service
> >> spark plugs
> >>
> >

 

Ok, I'm with you for oil changes (amazing the people who don't prime the oil
filter or put oil on the seal !), but tyre rotation ???? If you can't change
a wheel, you have no place being on the road. Knowing where to put oil /
water and change a tyre is part of the driving test here.

Dave Milne

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46ffcbeb$0$19578$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a
> thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done nothing
> more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are something new
> and they may have heard horror stories about "professionals" at places
> like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and ruining engines.
>
> Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the
> old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the drain
> plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into...
>
> If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why
> not ask the experts?
>
> Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent place
> to start.
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> > It's all hard if you have to ask.
> >
> >
> > Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the gas
> > tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail.
> >
> > Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum port
> > on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but makes a
> > huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate. Water seems
> > to work as well, and creates fewer complaints.
> >
> > I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this without
> > asking, you should not be doing any of this.
> >
> > Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change.
> >
> > Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a
> > drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from the
> > side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and fill
> > through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the fill
> > hole plug back in.
> >
> > Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil --
> > if you gotta ask ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sean" <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1191008070.447625.158040@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
> >> I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L).
> >> Which one of the following is easy to do?
> >>
> >> Fuel Inujection cleaning
> >> Engine Decarb
> >> oil change
> >> tire rotation
> >> manual tran service
> >> spark plugs
> >>
> >

 

Ok, I'm with you for oil changes (amazing the people who don't prime the oil
filter or put oil on the seal !), but tyre rotation ???? If you can't change
a wheel, you have no place being on the road. Knowing where to put oil /
water and change a tyre is part of the driving test here.

Dave Milne

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46ffcbeb$0$19578$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a
> thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done nothing
> more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are something new
> and they may have heard horror stories about "professionals" at places
> like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and ruining engines.
>
> Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the
> old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the drain
> plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into...
>
> If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why
> not ask the experts?
>
> Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent place
> to start.
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> > It's all hard if you have to ask.
> >
> >
> > Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the gas
> > tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail.
> >
> > Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum port
> > on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but makes a
> > huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate. Water seems
> > to work as well, and creates fewer complaints.
> >
> > I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this without
> > asking, you should not be doing any of this.
> >
> > Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change.
> >
> > Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a
> > drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from the
> > side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and fill
> > through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the fill
> > hole plug back in.
> >
> > Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil --
> > if you gotta ask ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Sean" <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1191008070.447625.158040@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
> >> I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L).
> >> Which one of the following is easy to do?
> >>
> >> Fuel Inujection cleaning
> >> Engine Decarb
> >> oil change
> >> tire rotation
> >> manual tran service
> >> spark plugs
> >>
> >

 

Good point, but the sad thing is that many young guys have fathers who
either don't have a clue about this stuff either, or just aren't around.

Jeff DeWitt

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I guess the point I was trying to make is that if one is just getting
> started doing this stuff, it is best to get a friend or relative to
> teach the procedure. I am not suggesting that if one has not got the
> knowledge, they should simply throw in the towel and never learn. I'm
> suggesting that one can not ask for such a fundamental eductaion on a
> newsgroup.
>
> I think that there is a certain hands-on quality that is missing from
> usenet. The OP asked a question that is akin to the automotive
> equivelent to, how do I make the bed? We can describe the steps, but the
> lesson is better learned through hands-on experience. The projects are
> not hard, but they are technical, and having the stuff shown is better
> than reading about it.
>
> I suppose that my, "if you gotta ask ..." comment is misconstrued.
> Sorry. I guess that if you gotta ask, you should ask a friend or
> relative that can come over and walk you through it.
>
> As for which oil filter (or any other part, for that matter), that
> question can only be answered by looking in the parts catalog. My
> daughters can come home with the right filters for the car because they
> know how to read the catalog.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:46ffcbeb$0$19578$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a
>> thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done
>> nothing more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are
>> something new and they may have heard horror stories about
>> "professionals" at places like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and
>> ruining engines.
>>
>> Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the
>> old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the
>> drain plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into...
>>
>> If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why
>> not ask the experts?
>>
>> Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent
>> place to start.
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt
>>
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>> It's all hard if you have to ask.
>>>
>>>
>>> Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the
>>> gas tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail.
>>>
>>> Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum
>>> port on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but
>>> makes a huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate.
>>> Water seems to work as well, and creates fewer complaints.
>>>
>>> I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this
>>> without asking, you should not be doing any of this.
>>>
>>> Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change.
>>>
>>> Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a
>>> drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from
>>> the side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and
>>> fill through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the
>>> fill hole plug back in.
>>>
>>> Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil
>>> -- if you gotta ask ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sean" <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1191008070.447625.158040@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
>>>> I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L).
>>>> Which one of the following is easy to do?
>>>>
>>>> Fuel Inujection cleaning
>>>> Engine Decarb
>>>> oil change
>>>> tire rotation
>>>> manual tran service
>>>> spark plugs
>>>>
>>>
>

 

Good point, but the sad thing is that many young guys have fathers who
either don't have a clue about this stuff either, or just aren't around.

Jeff DeWitt

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I guess the point I was trying to make is that if one is just getting
> started doing this stuff, it is best to get a friend or relative to
> teach the procedure. I am not suggesting that if one has not got the
> knowledge, they should simply throw in the towel and never learn. I'm
> suggesting that one can not ask for such a fundamental eductaion on a
> newsgroup.
>
> I think that there is a certain hands-on quality that is missing from
> usenet. The OP asked a question that is akin to the automotive
> equivelent to, how do I make the bed? We can describe the steps, but the
> lesson is better learned through hands-on experience. The projects are
> not hard, but they are technical, and having the stuff shown is better
> than reading about it.
>
> I suppose that my, "if you gotta ask ..." comment is misconstrued.
> Sorry. I guess that if you gotta ask, you should ask a friend or
> relative that can come over and walk you through it.
>
> As for which oil filter (or any other part, for that matter), that
> question can only be answered by looking in the parts catalog. My
> daughters can come home with the right filters for the car because they
> know how to read the catalog.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:46ffcbeb$0$19578$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a
>> thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done
>> nothing more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are
>> something new and they may have heard horror stories about
>> "professionals" at places like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and
>> ruining engines.
>>
>> Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the
>> old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the
>> drain plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into...
>>
>> If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why
>> not ask the experts?
>>
>> Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent
>> place to start.
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt
>>
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>> It's all hard if you have to ask.
>>>
>>>
>>> Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the
>>> gas tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail.
>>>
>>> Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum
>>> port on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but
>>> makes a huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate.
>>> Water seems to work as well, and creates fewer complaints.
>>>
>>> I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this
>>> without asking, you should not be doing any of this.
>>>
>>> Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change.
>>>
>>> Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a
>>> drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from
>>> the side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and
>>> fill through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the
>>> fill hole plug back in.
>>>
>>> Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil
>>> -- if you gotta ask ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sean" <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1191008070.447625.158040@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
>>>> I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L).
>>>> Which one of the following is easy to do?
>>>>
>>>> Fuel Inujection cleaning
>>>> Engine Decarb
>>>> oil change
>>>> tire rotation
>>>> manual tran service
>>>> spark plugs
>>>>
>>>
>

 

Good point, but the sad thing is that many young guys have fathers who
either don't have a clue about this stuff either, or just aren't around.

Jeff DeWitt

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I guess the point I was trying to make is that if one is just getting
> started doing this stuff, it is best to get a friend or relative to
> teach the procedure. I am not suggesting that if one has not got the
> knowledge, they should simply throw in the towel and never learn. I'm
> suggesting that one can not ask for such a fundamental eductaion on a
> newsgroup.
>
> I think that there is a certain hands-on quality that is missing from
> usenet. The OP asked a question that is akin to the automotive
> equivelent to, how do I make the bed? We can describe the steps, but the
> lesson is better learned through hands-on experience. The projects are
> not hard, but they are technical, and having the stuff shown is better
> than reading about it.
>
> I suppose that my, "if you gotta ask ..." comment is misconstrued.
> Sorry. I guess that if you gotta ask, you should ask a friend or
> relative that can come over and walk you through it.
>
> As for which oil filter (or any other part, for that matter), that
> question can only be answered by looking in the parts catalog. My
> daughters can come home with the right filters for the car because they
> know how to read the catalog.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:46ffcbeb$0$19578$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a
>> thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done
>> nothing more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are
>> something new and they may have heard horror stories about
>> "professionals" at places like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and
>> ruining engines.
>>
>> Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the
>> old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the
>> drain plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into...
>>
>> If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why
>> not ask the experts?
>>
>> Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent
>> place to start.
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt
>>
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>> It's all hard if you have to ask.
>>>
>>>
>>> Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the
>>> gas tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail.
>>>
>>> Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum
>>> port on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but
>>> makes a huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate.
>>> Water seems to work as well, and creates fewer complaints.
>>>
>>> I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this
>>> without asking, you should not be doing any of this.
>>>
>>> Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change.
>>>
>>> Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a
>>> drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from
>>> the side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and
>>> fill through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the
>>> fill hole plug back in.
>>>
>>> Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil
>>> -- if you gotta ask ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sean" <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1191008070.447625.158040@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
>>>> I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L).
>>>> Which one of the following is easy to do?
>>>>
>>>> Fuel Inujection cleaning
>>>> Engine Decarb
>>>> oil change
>>>> tire rotation
>>>> manual tran service
>>>> spark plugs
>>>>
>>>
>

 

Good point, but the sad thing is that many young guys have fathers who
either don't have a clue about this stuff either, or just aren't around.

Jeff DeWitt

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I guess the point I was trying to make is that if one is just getting
> started doing this stuff, it is best to get a friend or relative to
> teach the procedure. I am not suggesting that if one has not got the
> knowledge, they should simply throw in the towel and never learn. I'm
> suggesting that one can not ask for such a fundamental eductaion on a
> newsgroup.
>
> I think that there is a certain hands-on quality that is missing from
> usenet. The OP asked a question that is akin to the automotive
> equivelent to, how do I make the bed? We can describe the steps, but the
> lesson is better learned through hands-on experience. The projects are
> not hard, but they are technical, and having the stuff shown is better
> than reading about it.
>
> I suppose that my, "if you gotta ask ..." comment is misconstrued.
> Sorry. I guess that if you gotta ask, you should ask a friend or
> relative that can come over and walk you through it.
>
> As for which oil filter (or any other part, for that matter), that
> question can only be answered by looking in the parts catalog. My
> daughters can come home with the right filters for the car because they
> know how to read the catalog.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:46ffcbeb$0$19578$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> For those of us who have done oil changes and spark plug changes a
>> thousand times they are really simple, for someone who has done
>> nothing more complicated than putting gas in their Jeep they are
>> something new and they may have heard horror stories about
>> "professionals" at places like Jiffy Lube doing oil changes and
>> ruining engines.
>>
>> Just with an oil change... what filter do you use, how do you get the
>> old filter off, any tricks to putting the new one on, getting the
>> drain plug out, what do you do with the old, what do you drain it into...
>>
>> If you've never done anything like this it can be intimidating and why
>> not ask the experts?
>>
>> Everyone has to start somewhere, and oil changes are an excellent
>> place to start.
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt
>>
>> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>> It's all hard if you have to ask.
>>>
>>>
>>> Fuel injector cleaning is pouring a can of injector cleaner into the
>>> gas tank, or having it pumped directly into the injector rail.
>>>
>>> Engine decarb is where you suck a cleaner through an unused vacuum
>>> port on the intake manifold. Transmission fluid works good here, but
>>> makes a huge cloud of smoke that your neighbors may not appreciate.
>>> Water seems to work as well, and creates fewer complaints.
>>>
>>> I'm not going to talk about an oil change. If you can't do this
>>> without asking, you should not be doing any of this.
>>>
>>> Tire rotation. See my comments on the oil change.
>>>
>>> Manual transmission service is a bit of a PIA. You need to remove a
>>> drain plug from the bottom of the transmission and a fill plug from
>>> the side. When the draining is done, put the drain plug back in and
>>> fill through thte fill hole until the fluid spills out, then put the
>>> fill hole plug back in.
>>>
>>> Spark plugs are right up there with rotating tires and changing oil
>>> -- if you gotta ask ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sean" <guo.xiaoyong@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1191008070.447625.158040@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
>>>> I just owned my first car (95 jeep wrangler, 2.5L).
>>>> Which one of the following is easy to do?
>>>>
>>>> Fuel Inujection cleaning
>>>> Engine Decarb
>>>> oil change
>>>> tire rotation
>>>> manual tran service
>>>> spark plugs
>>>>
>>>
>