More fluids comming out!

As you can see, I'm getting a tidy little collection of hazordous waste.  One more to go! You see the engine oil and radiator fluid pictured here.  Once the gas is out, I'll start yanking things out.  After that, I'll change the oil in the transmission, and we'll be ready to take it to the hazordous waste dump, maybe as early as next weekend.  This weekend I plan to try and get the gasoline out and to start removing internal combustion engine (ICE) bits, like the radiator, fuel pump, etc.  We're making progress!

Finally! Liquids are comming out!

Well tonight I was able to get the radiator fluid out with suggestions of folks at diyelectriccar.com.  I gave up on finding the radiator drain plug (I'm going to look for it again once the radiator is out, I swear that thing is no where to be found), but with the suggestion of one of the members at DIY, I pulled the bottom radiator hose and it drained nicely.

Anyone care to guess what this gross liquid is?

Is it:

a) horribly blackened oil?

b) horribly blackened transmission fluid?

c) horribly filthy brake fluid?

d) water?

If you picked D, you got it right! This nasty, vile liquid is what came out of my carpet shampooer after cleaning just the front seats, and the passenger's side still has tan stains!  I'll take an after picture when I'm done cleaning, but it already looks 80% clean with just a quick going over.

Here's what's comming down the pipe, hopefully.

a) drain oil and fuel

b) remove fuel tank and lines

c) remove radiator and fuel pump

d) remove the engine!

Maybe in this upcomming week I can get some of those first things done, and be ready this weekend to remove the engine.

Disturbing revalation

I took this video on Wednessday, but am just getting around to uploading it today. I've been very busy remodeling the bathroom.

Suffice to say, nothing went right, and while I planned to be done by now, I have succeeded in putting in the new floor. The painting can be done over the week after work, and the shower stall is just going to have to wait for a while, I'm pooped!

But enough about that, you're here for the car. I did finally get it up on jacks and should have at least most of the fluids out of it this weekend. I also did some vacuuming and cleaning on the inside of the car. It still needs a good shampoo and another wash, but it's starting to come along!

Sadly, as you can see at the end of the video, there is, yet another, complication. I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle that yet. Maybe I'll post about it on diyelectriccar.com and see if anyone has dealt with tracking down a leak like that before. Leave comments if you have!