“It’ll be cool. I’ll get pizza and beer, and we will be done in an hour or so.” Ever get suckered by that line? Sometimes it’s a buddy, you know he’s full of it but you’ll come over and help anyways, mostly because you can pull the card on him when you need a helping hand. But then there are those jobs that are nothing short of a bitch, that you’d rather salt your eyeballs than do for yourself, let alone the guy who still has four of your video games on loan from last year and has “forgotten” his wallet the last two times you went out for grub. We want to know where your line is: at what point do you look at the project and just say, “NOPE!” If you don’t know why a Dodge Stratus is leading the story, look up the directions for the battery. Dead Super Duty, spark plugs in a Pacer…name your line in the sand!
Anything even remotely connected to Chevy – d’oh!
^^^ Anything of yours. Ever.
Anything Honda Civic.
The last one I got suckered into replacing an alternator on was nearly two days of work requiring near-complete disassembly of the front bodywork.
Changing spark plug wires on mid-90’s Chevy with the LT1! The sad part is I own one!
heater core replacement in practically everything nowadays—whose bright idea was it to require the complete disassembly of an entire dashboard ,including dropping the steering column,to swap out a heater core?
Anything that has to do with a Duramax diesel fuel system.
Haha, a friend had a Dodge Stratus with the left front bumper cover broken off. Made it easy to jump start.
Anything Subaru. Fuck Subaru. Also any non-Chevy that some unimaginative, fucktard stuffed a small block Chevy into.
Totally agree on anything Subaru. One of the most pain in the ass cars I’ve ever worked on.
Can’t argue logic, geo815: Seems stuffing SBC’s where they don’t belong is all the rage these days….
I imagine an LS in a subaru would solve it’s complications. And probably be a whole bunch of symmetrical awd fun. Until somthing breaks.
Anything British–I have a MGBV8–NO MG parts under the body–I fixed it!
Anything related to the rewiring of anything with tires and wheels.
Headers on big block mopars and corvettes. Timing belts on any Japanese car. Any vehicle that has half the e gine under the windshield.
Spark plugs on a gm u-body minivan. The back 3 have to be done with it in the air
Idk what you guys have been bitching about. Japanese timing belts aren’t that bad. Miata kinda sucks but ive done a few vg30s and they aren’t horrible. Subarus are like 14 seconds to change alternators or starters. The leaking headgaskets are a pain in the ass but oh well.
T-belts on the SOHC JDM diesel motors I’ve played with were easy enough, I’m with you there. Now, a T-Belt on an early ’00s era VW Passat? Just buy a new car, it’s easier.
Changing headlights in a 2011 Charger. Whole front end has to come off
There are a few: Anything on a 90s Mercury Capri, vacuum leak on a 90s Suzuki Samurai. Oil pan gasket or windshield wiper motor on a mid 90s BMW 735i, Carburetor rebuild/tuning on a Jaguar v12, any FORD MOD MOTOR SPARK PLUGS. In fact I’d rather do all of the previous ones than ever touch mod motor spark plugs again! How does a tune up turn into a head gasket replacement? WTF!
Rear Wheel studs on a 01 Ford Expedition. Sure, get the studs and bring it over that shouldn’t take long. Why is there no room to punch the studs out. why do I now have to pull the axles, but wait the cross pin bolt is broken…
Vacuum-driven 4WD system on a first-gen S-10. What a nightmare.
It’s bad enough to lose 4WD, but lose front-axle power and the engine runs like poop? Burn it a bury it in the backyard.
I did a water pump on Chevy Citation once…once….
Also, The battery on a Dodge Intrepid was a freaking nightmare….
and the plugs on my 08 Ram were a pain in the ass….
otherwise….meh….I’m down for a challenge….
Any power window motor replacement in a car built in the last 20 years.
Might as well blindfold your self and try to solve a Rubik’s Cube inside a sharp edged paint can.
Spark plugs in a V-10 dodge. Just rent a midget and dangle him by the ankles.
Vacuum hoses or plugs on a v-6 FIERO. Need I say more.
Spark plugs or pretty much anything on a 3.4 dohc w body gm car.
The problem isnt the job or how much it sucks, it usually the fact I am doing the work and the dude that owns the car is enjoying the pizza and beer lol.