wawazat said:
The steel trans cooler line on our 2010 rusted away about 5 years ago. I bought a new OEM steel line but the fasteners were so far rusted that they were round and I didn't want to damage the radiator trying to remove them. I bought a piece of oil resistant rubber hose and used that instead. I zip tied it to the crusty metal tube.
Today I followed in the footsteps of the great wawazat. 3 feet of TOC hose and 4 zip ties later, Ody is leak-free. I took this opportunity to do a 2-quart spill and fill, and saved half a quart for topping off after I take her for a drive.
just a tick shy of 268k.
Emboldened by my successful trans fluid leak fix, today i tore into the inoperative power sliders. Doctors Google and YouTube concurred that my battery drain and inop power sliders have a common cause: crudded up latch mechanisms not tripping one of the micro switches, which tells the BCM "door position unknown". This keeps the BCM awake at night. And during the day. It seems Honda door latch grease is similar to Shimano shifter grease, in that it hardens over time and doesn't let the latches move as intended. It took me 90 minutes and zero dollars per side to disassemble, clean, lube, and reassemble. Now, both power sliding doors open and close properly. I will repeat the parasitic draw test tomorrow, weather permitting.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
Busy boi!
wawazat
SuperDork
11/7/24 8:13 p.m.
Early retirement suits the dude well!
In reply to QuasiMofo (John Brown) and wawazat:
I've got time to save money, that's for sure!
Woohoo, the internet was right! Now that the "closed" position switches on the power sliding doors are working, the BCM goes to sleep as it should, and the battery no longer dies in 3 days. Today was day 5, and she fired up just like new. I'm calling that a win.
wawazat
SuperDork
11/12/24 7:14 p.m.
I'm doing rhe same job on our Ody this weekend. Yay!
wawazat said:
I'm doing rhe same job on our Ody this weekend. Yay!
I broke all four of the sunshade clips on mine. IDK if there's a video on how to remove them without breaking them.
wawazat
SuperDork
11/13/24 6:33 a.m.
Thanks for the heads-up Patrick. I'll keep that in mind.
