My thought as well. Those parking lot stops are tall.

 

I think my daughter hit it with the trailer when backing up. She admitted when she was backing up she turned too sharp and kinda jack knifed it. 😒
oh well. None of the insulators are gone or loose. I just changed all the motor and tranny mounts. I’m now in the process of changing the water pump, a tie rod and both control arm bushings. Lol. Then I’ll get on the tailpipe. I just thought since I’m under there anyway might as well have an eye on what “right” looks like so I can maybe see what is “wrong”. 👍

 

The rods that are welded to the muffler back by the rear bumper will appear bent .

 

I still suspect the flex pipe. Bad motor/trans mounts are known to cause cracking. And personal experience with trying to "adjust" the tail pipe with brute force.

 

I will inspect it again. But I was all up in there changing the rear trans mount and it looks fine.

ill try to get some pics later when I get a chance of the flex pipe and the under carriage. Maybe others will see it where I can’t.

 

That sounds to be the most logfical reason for the muffler. You are quite the mechanic changing everything you have already done.. Kudos to you..

 

😊😊😊
love to get kudos

i started working on my cars long ago. doing my own oil changes and brakes and little things. Then a little at a time I got into bigger and bigger stuff. Then, ten years ago, my daughter and I bought a real junker and rebuilt it. It was nothing special. No collector car. Just a little tool around car it wouldn’t hurt if our repairs weren’t perfect.
She was supposed to help. But she didn’t enjoy it as much as I did. So I did it myself. Coil packs. Head and valve cover gaskets. Pumps. Fans. Sensors. Suspension. Transmission. You name it. I laid hands on it. 🤣

Today, I don’t trust others to do as good a job as I will do. Not all bad. Just I care more about it cause it’s mine.

Example. Just a few months ago, I had brake pads in my back seat when I was getting tires changed. When the tire guy saw them he said he’d change them while the tire was off for nearly nothing. So I said ok. But, I told him there had been a lag brake so make sure to clean and lube the slides and check the calipers. He said ok and I let him do it.

Anyway. When I was still getting lag the next day, I took it apart and the slide pins were gummy and one caliper boot had a huge tear in it. Also my rotor on one side was chewed up. 😒 I was upset. But more at myself for letting this guy do it “to save time”.


Anyway. I’m sure most DIY home mechanics do their own work for the same reason. Lol. I just happen to be a woman diy mechanic. 😁

 

Thanks for sharing your wrenching life..

 

You are welcome. Yes, Kimberly will do. Only a few close friends believe I do this all myself. Well. Friends and the people at the parts store. 😋.

Love hearing about a loving marriage. That is fantastic. So few marriages last nowadays. Does she do her own maintenance still? Still ride?

Had a tiger today trying to get one control arm off. 🤬. The bolt turned but wouldn’t back out. I spent the entire day trying every way I ever knew to get it out. And since I’m not changing the arm. Just the bushing, I couldn’t cut it off.

I was about to loose my mind so I looked online and read that control arm bushing could seize on the bolt. Well, I thought, that can’t be it. The bushing has no threads. Right?

Wrong. 🤪 The bushing is totally shot. Was turning with each swing. So I got a hefty lock wrench. Got tight grip on the bushing and my daughter came out to hold the bushing tight while I broke it loose.

Not much better than that feeling when u overcome an obstacle. It’s just awesome. 👍

Tomorrow I’ll be getting the bushings swapped then I can put the suspension back together and get her drivable for a bit. Going to do a full flush of the coolant lines before I put the new water pump in. Don’t want any gunk in there with a new pump. I gotta drain it all anyway. Might as well start clean. 😊

 

Yes it’s always a great feeling getting the job done, and you know you did it yourself and correctly! Are you using the water pump tool or changing the timing chain and balance shaft chain as well?