Many service events require you to raise the car and work under it. If you don’t have a hoist or lift you can accomplish the same thing using 4 jack stands and a 2 ton trolley jack.
Continue reading “Putting you Aston Martin DB9 onto Jack Stands”
Another article where I hear you saying “Are you kidding – he’s going to explain how to take a wheel off?!” Since this is part of many service steps, I thought I would chip in a few simple tips I have accumulated.
Of course you’ll be either jacking up the car, using a ramp or a lift. Since I don’t have the luxury of a ramp or a lift (yet!), I am making do just fine with a simple 2 ton trolley jack [see my post on this]. Continue reading “Removing a Road Wheel on your Aston Martin DB9”
I can hear you snorting from here – “Why the hell would you need an article on how to jack up the car?” I get that, but as it’s the first step in many service steps, and there are a few DB9 specific tips to share, I figured I’d post a quick article and video in case it helps someone.
Some obvious stuff to start with that’s the same for jacking any car:
I used a simple 2 ton trolley jack.
My first tip (that I really learned from a post on 6speedonline.com) is to use a hockey puck on the jack lifting point to avoid scratching the car. Continue reading “Single Point Jacking of your Aston Martin DB9”
Changing the exhaust note of your Aston Martin DB9 is easy. ‘Uncorking it’ as its been called is as simple as pulling Fuse 22 from the correct fusebox. This is probably the most popular ‘tweak’ owners do to there cars. In fact, the dealerships would do this for you as you picked up your new baby.
The forums are also full of questions, and myths. Does it really make a difference? How much louder does it get? Where is the fuse box? Which fuse is it? What does uncorking really do? Does it improve the gas mileage better? Does it make the car run richer at idle? Continue reading “Uncorking your DB9 Exhaust”
I spent 2 years hunting for the exact right DB9 for me. I watched eBay, Cars.com, local exotic dealers, regional Aston dealers and even Craigslist.
Buying a used car is scary. Buying a used (out of warranty) exotic cars is even scarier when you consider the dollars involved and the service costs. No one wants to buy an abused car, or one that’s been banged up and poorly repaired.
Continue reading “Buying a used DB9? A Carfax report helped me …”
Immediately after purchasing DB9 1936 I was on a quest to find a DB9 Service Manual. I started in the usual fashion by Googling for it. At best, I was lead to sketchy websites and forums where a zillion people had be asking looking for one to download, and usually someone overseas would post a link that wouldn’t work anymore (or worse leads to some site with Spyware).
It’s illegal to post a copy of the PDF of the manual. Aston Martin frowns upon this greatly it appears.
This search did lead me to the ‘legal’ solution to the issue. Aston Martin has a Technical Information website where it publishes EVERYTHING for its cars, old and new. This is really a resource for shops and dealers, but even us lay persons can get in on the action. Continue reading “Aston Martin Technical Info Website”
I’ve had my first DB9 for 2 years now. I appreciate mechanical things and good design. I am just brave enough (or nutz enough) to be interested in doing some of the maintainance things to my car. I will be getting up to speed on WordPress and publishing what I learn as I go along with the life of my car.
Aston 1936 