By now, I’m rather used to having the car notify me near when the next maintenance interval is due, sanity checked with the odometer. This time though, it insisted on wanting to get oil change done about 200 miles ahead of what the odometer would have me do. Like, even having a faux check engine light on for it. Didn’t pop a low oil light or anything, so it was unusual. Oh well, I had bought the oil and filter ahead of time.
Normally, I diy it, and do the air filter clean (k&n) and rotate the tires. And yes, did that all with hand tools…. Up to this point.
This time around, my old floor jack finally gave out; and bounded back upwards, punching a dent into my car. Needless to say, I was furious, and immediately desperate. Even though I wasn’t under the car at the time, how little it lifted it made it impossible to lever the pan bolt loose. I was seriously questioning if I was going to be able to do this myself anymore.
So… Fast forward, new jack arrived first. Even though it was a brand I never heard of, it was one where the review checker showed an A grade for reliability, and with wife ordering it, arrived the next day at no additional charge. Modestly impressed that, in addition to the “how to use” the sheet for it included a whole repair and service diagrams, and how to maintain it. Down side is, it is fiercely heavy; I felt like I had dislocated my shoulder putting it over.
It also meant having to buy a new power tool. I… Don’t like buying tools unless I strictly have to. Second, for power tools I typically prefer corded, for the sake of longevity. But how well is that going to work if I can’t get access to an outlet, outside? So I had to go with a cordless one.
That said, this thing was stupid strong. As in strong enough that one of my lug nuts managed to shear off its internal threading. Not the bolt, mind. Just glad I still had the original set so I had plenty of spares.
Still, it is strange the noise I got driving to work after the rotation.
