Repairs or upgrades you hate.

[DJ]

I have seen a thread like this on another site. This thread is for those jobs you have done to a vehicle that is a f@$%ing nightmare and do not wish to do again.

I will start:

Water pump on a 95-99 dodge neon. Have to even lift the engine up a little.

Auto trans in a POS 88 Chevy Suburban. Really not a horrible job but it was in a gravel driveway in the middle of winter. Will never do that again.

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[Ear Rak]

Fitting exhaust on an s197. Its a PITA on 07-09 sing theres no middle hangers.

 

[IZZy]

I hate working on cars in the winter

and

working on rusty pos's

 

[Shibby50]

Top bolt in the trans of an fbody the first time taking it out on jacks

 

[IZZy]

spark plugs on certain transverse mounted V6 cars

 

[nytebyte]

Changing the main serpentine belt on an 03 / 04 Cobra. What should be a quick and simple procedure is a nightmare due to the tight spaces.

You need tiny hands to get in there.

 

[Stink Star]

Fuck I could go on forever with this being a professional mechanic.....

 

[Blood on Blood]

The cam and crank sensors on a 02 - newer Altima without a lift. Hands get all cut up.

Timing belt / water pump on a Honda or Hyundai

Of course, any heater core.

 

[The Bluegrass Nomad]

All driver side spark plugs on a 3rd gen f body, removing transmission from said car, as well as a fuel pump replacement

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Fuck I could go on forever with this being a professional mechanic.....

 

[Jfrost]

Anything involving rusty bolts. Working on my Fiero 2 of the four rear cradle bolts were seized. Had to use a sawzall for one and a grinder for the other.

Installing the gas tank in my Fiero as well. It would have been easier if I had help and a lift to work on instead of jack stands.

 

[DJ]

I have worked in a few shops and for some reason all jobs seem way easier when you are in the shop.

 

[daturbosix]

exhaust kits for pretty much anything, they NEVER fit nice enough for me. although i think im ocd about that

 

[pbdevastator]

Unless I missed it, cant believe no one said head gaskets yet.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

center U joint on ford TTB rusty ass plow trucks

 

[bikrboy128]

Fuck I could go on forever with this being a professional mechanic.....

this exactly. i think the engineers should have to service the bullshit they come up with. i bet things would change really quick

just a few though:
blower motor on mid 2000s bmws (maybe more years? ) first step is remove dash
anything on a pt cruiser, especially a timing belt/water pump. what a pile of garbage car.
spark plugs on a 3V after 100k miles. they almost always break off in the head

 

[guspech750]

Just getting up and leaving my comfy couch and working on a car sucks. Upgrades or repairs.

It all sucks.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

on those bmw's the shortcut is to remove the windshield

 

[Stink Star]

this exactly. i think the engineers should have to service the bullshit they come up with. i bet things would change really quick

My theory is that they do it on purpose because the shop kids used to pick on them while they were studying math and science. The ultimate revenge

 

[bikrboy128]

that's german engineering for ya

 

[ThirdgenTa]

8th spark plug on a 4th gen f-body and headlights on a mazda 6

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Lets see here:

-ANYTHING on a fucking venture or similar. The fucking battery is a bastard even.
-Astro wise, the blower motors suck and plugs do until you get a SBC with headers. Amazingly enough it's easier to change 8 at that point than 6.
-hoisting 4L80Es. If I had a trans jack probably way better but lugging one of those beasts around is a back tearing out waiting to happen.

 

[boostedguy05]

headers on anything

 

[IZZy]

oh yea long tube headers on any 4V mustang

 

[10sec]

Spark plugs on my '01 Integra. Shit. Takes like 4-5 minutes and I haven't even had to do it yet. No thanks.