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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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im finally ready to add fluids so i can start it, but how much do i need?

tranny, rear end, power steering, brake, coolant they are all empty so how much does ti take for each?

and whats a good break in oil?
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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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I need to know also.I lost my owners book.
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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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wow nobody?
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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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what trans and rear end do you have? m6 or a4 10 bolt or 12 or 9''? 10 bolts take 2quarts and empty a4's take 6 quarts i think, thats including filing the torque converter
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blackbyrd i remember seeing your car when i went to tech back in '04-05. sound like it should be a nice car when you get done with it. we should go to crossville sometime, im planning on going as soon as it opens.
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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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thanks x im hoping it will actually start it was a v6 auto car before i did all of this.

but yeah its a 9 inch and a t56

and yeah once its running im hoping to show it off a lot hahaha
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:24 AM
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wow you really transformed that car, from a v6 auto to a lsx m6 with a 9''! that must have been a lot of work, i cant wait to see it!
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 04:51 PM
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yeah i got the motor feb 1 of last year and have been working on it ever since im firing it up for the first time next weekend, thats why i have been asking about fluids and such.
you still at tech or you out now?
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:58 AM
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no ive been out since 05, i remember jared telling me about your car
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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yeah i met jared not long ago through mtfba, you get out dec or may cause i got out in dec of 05 we may have graduated together i was business management

you still in cookeville?
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well i never graduated i decided to take a symester off and got a job driving for fedex in nashville and i liked it so much i just stayed with it. i am trying to get a transfer to the cookeville station soon though. we will have to meet up sometime when you get it finished
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there will be a carshow in the hoop parking lot on april the 12th im gona try and get mine up and running and get in it, trying to get some guys on mtfba to come out for it as well
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