12 May 12 16:12, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>>  MH> 2 more years.  If that gasket needs to be replaced, that is a   
    RW>> pain!   
    RW>>  MH> You have to drop the sub-frame!   
    RW>>   
    RW>> I've seen that done in the late model Malibus. It's not that bad of   
    RW>> a job.   
      
    MH> There must be a trick to it, then.   
      
   Yeup. There's a tool that rests on the inner fender wells of FWD cars that   
   they use to 'hang' the engine while they remove that subframe. Once that's   
   out of the way, they can R&R the transaxle, put in a new clutch, change   
   the pan gasket and several other things that you couldn't do in your   
   garage.   
      
    MH> When I had the transmission rebuilt, they had to drop the sub-frame   
    MH> to lower it out.  I'll find out this Thursday when it will be getting   
    MH> the oil pan leak fixed.   
      
   They also use that fender hanging tool to do axle swaps...   
      
    MH> I just checked it today, and it is still leaking - but very slight.   
    MH> Not even enough to drip on the ground, just messing up the oil pan.   
      
   That's good.   
      
    RW>> Whatever the owner's manual tells you to use...   
      
    MH> I didn't realize it, but my car calls for 5w-30.  I have always been   
    MH> using 10w-30 - not that it is a big deal.  I just never realized it   
    MH> called for 5w-30.   
      
   8^) It pays to read the manual...   
      
    RW>> It gets to 100 here for a few hours each day, usually late in the   
    RW>> afternoon. The same for New Mexico, Arizona and California and   
    RW>> they're 5 or 6 degrees further north latitude than we are.   
      
    MH> I'm glad we don't see 100 degrees very often here in MD.  With out   
    MH> humidity, that gets really ugly.   
      
   I'd rather have it with a small amount of humidity, rather than high   
   humidity like they get in Houston. Fortunately, there isn't much humidity   
   around here, as the on-shore flow tends to flow on-shore at Houston and   
   ride the air all the way to Dallas. We get some on-shore flow but it's   
   mixed with dry air coming across the border from the Mexican desert.   
      
    MH> I rode the bike home from work a few years ago on day when it was   
    MH> near 100 degrees with high humidity.  Not fun.   
      
   Been there done that.   
      
    MH> Before I left work, I put wet paper towels on my head under my helmet   
    MH> to try and minimize the heat on my head.  On the highways, the temp   
    MH> was up in the 120 range.   
      
   Does your helmet have vents to allow for air flow into and out of the   
   helmet? Mine do...I especially like the open face helmet for that kind of   
   riding.   
      
    MH> Finally got to ride it to work this past Friday.  It was 48 degrees   
    MH> in the morning, but in the 70s when I rode home.   
      
   Just right.   
      
      
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