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19-07-2020, 08:20 PM
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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Not model-specific, eg alternator on a V6 Alfa. Just stuff you really don’t enjoy doing anytime on any vehicle.
For me the #1 “Avoid/Procrastinate” is cleaning extruded weatherseals off the car. So many grooves, so much filth, so hard to get nicely clean and then hours or days to dry! Runner-up job is cleaning properly inside back windows. |
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19-07-2020, 08:24 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ballarat
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Wiper blades.
I can rebuild a motor, paint and panel no issues. Electrical, no dramas. 5 full restos so far on basket case cars. But when it comes to wiper blades, I concede defeat to the kid at autobarn. And also having to use the hand pumper for diff and tranny oil. That thing is a god damn joke, but I'm usually too tight to buy the squeeze packs so spend the next hour swearing at myself. Last edited by Jack91; 19-07-2020 at 08:31 PM. |
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19-07-2020, 08:31 PM
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Kicking back
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Western sydney
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Starter motor on a bf falcon. If you can get to the top bolt without creating new swear words, you either have really small hands or have a lot of patience.
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19-07-2020, 08:50 PM
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Limited supply
Join Date: Jun 2017
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jobs i dislike, everything except driving : D
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19-07-2020, 08:54 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2012
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The job I used to dislike was exhausts.No matter how well you got the pipework to fit,you knew that in 3-4 years it had to be done again,whereas electrical etc,done once ,done properly,never to be seen again
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19-07-2020, 09:11 PM
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Former BTIKD
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sunny Downtown Wagga Wagga. NSW.
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19-07-2020, 09:50 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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19-07-2020, 09:40 PM
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Atwell W.A.
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I have a few Smart Fortwo's, a 03, a 05, and a 09, I would have to say starter motor change is 1 and radiator fan a close second at being a pain in the ***, set aside a day for each.
Engine drop for the starter, and full front off for the Fan. |
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19-07-2020, 09:51 PM
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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
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Headlight globes can be a huge pain in the *** for such a common service item.
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19-07-2020, 09:55 PM
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Former BTIKD
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Dying at your job is natures way of saying that you're in the wrong line of work.
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19-07-2020, 10:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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19-07-2020, 11:20 PM
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Cabover nut
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Onsite Eastcoast
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working on S cam brakes.
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20-07-2020, 06:29 AM
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Thailand Specials
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Location: Centrefold Lounge
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As much as I hate VAG cars Skoda has this good design where you just lift out a plastic locking tab and the whole assembly just pulls out of the car - it's great. SZ Territory and FG MKII Falcon are pains in the asses to change, very limited access behind. |
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20-07-2020, 08:23 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Brisbane
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Drum brakes on anything.
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20-07-2020, 01:12 PM
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Experienced Member
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Location: Australasia
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Have you got big hands? 
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21-07-2020, 07:00 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Capricornia
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Two of my kids have, and yes, a PIA. Hold your mouth right, purse the lips and wink at ya neighbours 80 year old mother, you might get the stupid thing back in, after you change the globe. Somehow, the light assembly just seems to slip back in accidentally.
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 Ya don't slow down as you get older ... you just enjoy taking longer to do it ... better!
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21-07-2020, 08:13 PM
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Thailand Specials
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I took my car in to get serviced and one of the headlight globes was blown so I'm like yeah just change it over in the service. Get the car back, can instantly notice the new headlight globe isn't in the assembly correctly, the beam pattern was off as the globe wasn't sitting at the focal point So had to pull the assembly from the car at home, in the street in the dark and sort it out, sort of defeats the purpose, I reckon they tried to put the globe in with the headlight assembly in the car still
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19-07-2020, 11:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Perth, Northern Suburbs
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Wheel bearings. Damn things never want to seat properly.
Exhausts - Old ones never want to come apart. Anything where you need to have tentacles instead of arms, eg coil packs on the EF.
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20-07-2020, 01:16 AM
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Diff oil. That smell, and the pumping.
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20-07-2020, 01:30 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: perth
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im a hd diesel fitter buy trade
the job i hate most on cars is cleaning them (any vehicle really) cleaning parts is ok but cars .... Quote:
 this is used on drum brakes to open the shoes mechanically instead of a hydraulic slave cylinder
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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20-07-2020, 05:01 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2014
Location: N.Z
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EL falcon distributor
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20-07-2020, 06:26 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2020
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I enjoy all the chores on working on cars.
Except for opening up seized aluminum fuel and brake lines with flare nut spanners. That I don't like. |
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20-07-2020, 09:26 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Jan 2009
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cleaning filthy cars
electrical problems clutch jobs |
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20-07-2020, 09:30 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra Region
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Putting anything on jack stands
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2016 FGX XR8 Sprint, 6speed manual, Kinetic Blue #170 2004 BA wagon RTV project. 1998 EL XR8, Auto, Hot Chilli Red 1993 ED XR6, 5speed, Polynesian Green. 1 of 329. Retired 1968 XT Falcon 500 wagon, 3 on the tree, 3.6L. Patina project. |
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20-07-2020, 09:31 AM
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2009 xr turbo,2004 fiesta
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Location: Perth wa
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Ba-fg diff bushes....
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20-07-2020, 09:40 AM
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DIY Tragic
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Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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20-07-2020, 09:34 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Brisbane (Southside)
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Worst for me was when I owned a TL Magna VR:
- Changing the back 3 spark plugs, freaking nightmare. Front 3 where eay but the way the intake manifold is designed on the V6 makes access to the back 3 almost impossible unless you take the manifold off... - Changing the Headlight Bulb- had to take the front wheel off, then the inner guard and go in that way...
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2008 FG XR6 Turbo ZF In Sensation - Gone, but not Forgotten.... Hers: 2024 Ford Everest Platinum in Equinox Bronze His Daily: 2020 (MY21) Kia Sorento GT-Line in Mineral Blue His Weekender: 2017 Commodore SSV Redline manual in Light My Fire Orange |
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20-07-2020, 10:12 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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20-07-2020, 10:15 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Brisbane (Southside)
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I bought my TL as demo and was told at a service (before I started doing it myself) that from the factory they have better (iridiums) in the back bank and normals in the front so they can change the rear ones less frequently than the front 3 (this was Mitsubishi dealer services protocol apparently) and was one of the reasons I began servicing myself as I wanted all 6 plugs changed at the same time, even though I hated doing it... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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