Well today (after a couple of shakdown runs in the last week) was supposed to be my first trip out in the Challenger for many years.
I was meeting some other American car owners locally and we planned to all drive in convoy to a show about an hours drive to the south.
First of all I stripped the sump plug late last night while changing the oil.
So I dropped the steering link and removed the pan. Removed the existing welded in hardened thread insert (they are impossible to drill or tap) and made my own version from a nut and thick washer.
This did the trick and I was done by 10:30 last night.
Got up this morning at 6am to polish the car. Then set out at 8:45am to meet the guys at a McDonalds car park.
Things seemed OK but as I pulled up there was a cloud of smoke from under me.
Then as I filled with gas in the station next door I noticed a pool of transmission oil forming under the car.
I thought i would risk it because it did not look too bad but on the way to the show there was clouds of smoke in my mirrors and the guy behind me called on his cell phone to report a lot of smoke from under my car.
The trans was leaking really bad now and straight onto the exhaust.
So I called it a day and drove home.
Bloody cars. I hate them.