Honestly, I think i'm the worst DIYer on peach parts.
Now I didn't completely botch it (almost) but mistakes where made. For me it pretty much every time, then again all of these procedures where new to me.
So when someone says "Ah it took me 2 hours to do xyz." I figure I'll complete it 2 to 3 times as slowly as they did.

Ok lets go.

Fan shroud install:It took my brother and I probably 5 mins to figure out which way the fan shroud went on .

Coolant flush: Took off the wrong plumbing, behind the upper radiator hose, I thought the bulbous thing with the 3 sensors in it was the thermostat so I removed it like an idiot. Ended up putting back on. Filled fluid at the reservoir instead of the upper radiator hose. Forgot to torque down various nuts, and install drain plugs (thank god the car was stationary did not over heat.)

Transmission fluid change: Didn't torque down bolts on the pan evenly enough so I had to do it over again. Got transmission fluid all over my clothes, face, and mouth . Drain pan plug immediately stripped, as soon as I loosened and lowered the pan a gust of wind blew transmission fluid everywhere.As I was searching for the bell housing drain plug I realized I was on the wrong side of the whole time....

Differential oil change: Installed drain and fill plugs in the wrong spot, AFTER filling the diff. Proceeds to remove drain plug WITHOUT some sort of catch pan to collect it so it doesn't got to waste Wasted a nearly a entire bottle of gear oil on the ground, now I'm pretty much covered in my entire torso and head with gear oil and transmission fluid. Had to use some spare gear oil I had laying around that was the wrong weight, 85w-140, instead of 75w-90...

Went around shirtless collecting tools around the car, washed hair with dawn dish soap and called it a day.

Still need to get new diff fluid still.

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