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every time... yeah ill start this now, should just take an hour or so... next thing you know its 130 in the morning and half the truck is spread across the floor still
every time... yeah ill start this now, should just take an hour or so... next thing you know its 130 in the morning and half the truck is spread across the floor still
LOL
My last worst experience was when I broke my breaker bar trying to get a hub nut off. I was really stymied! Then I decided to break out the air impact wrench. I maxed out the pressure for it and set to work. After about 20 seconds I was about to give up when I saw the smallest of movement on it . I then kept at it and saw just a hint more. Eventually I was able to get it off and boy, wast that nut HOT from the friction. And the thing is there was absolutely no corrosion. But was I glad to get it off.
Always good to hear you go your nuts off christine!!!
I love that post by the way, that was me when I swapped the wifes stereo. Started with just the head unit, then went to door speakers, then dash speakers, then running wires for the dash speakers too....
What shouldn't of taken no more then an hour and a beer, ended up being a 2 part job and a 6 pack! 😆
I learned to NOT drink adult beverages more than a few years ago when working on any vehicle for the simplest repairs. For some reason, which I have yet to figure out, whatever tool I may be using at the time magically levitates out of my grasp and flings itself into something nearby, thus causing unnecessary damage to a very innocent object.
Last week friend (owner of garage) said, now that you have the engine in, you're not going to pull that another time are you?
I thought yes, sensible move, figure out how the engine sits, then pull it again, final fix to everything, then put it back in...
...in hindsight.... well you guess!
I left it in and it is quite some fumble to get the driveshaft connected. This is a transaxle car but the crossmembers are part of the chassis/body.
So after two hours fumbling with the transmission and figuring out how it works and fifteen ways it doesn't it is all in.
Friday I start torqueing all the hardy joints. Turns out the front one to the flywheel gets ever harder but it doesn't yet sit where it should.
So I'm in for more.
One hour fifteen minutes later I'm ready to pull the engine again - but the driveshaft doesn't come off the flywheel.
Four hours later, half a liter of sweat and two thousand curses later the big crowbar solves the problem.
Seven hours work on the weekend to pull the engine remove the driveshaft, sand all the paint damage to the engine bay, repaint and make some more parts for the exhaust etc.
Then yesterday found out that the guys who built the engine took the flywheel of a 2nd series but my driveshaft is 1st series and the boss doesn't fit. Off to my machine shop to have it turned down to proper length and diameter. So it is in my car now waiting form me to finish typing and this afternoon it should go back onto the engine.
Should add some pics to second that this afternoon. tight fit in the small italian engine and driveshaft. 2.0 I4 aluminium engine @130 hp OEM. No idea how many horses this one will have. this got stuck, was just the right diameter to fit over the flywheel and when tightening the nuts got stuck. machined snout. now it should work as expected. The problem solver tool. 😎
Last edited by error_401; Feb 10, 2021 at 07:15 AM.
I then kept at it and saw just a hint more. Eventually I was able to get it off and boy, wast that nut HOT from the friction. And the thing is there was absolutely no corrosion. But was I glad to get it off. 
