Gormadt

Fixing a [Rule]box car is always better with friends

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39587730

Mar 8 at 6:01amWeb
Show threadshittydwarfMar 8
Lifting my 23 year old toyota this weekend, managed ONE of four done today, feel this
Show threadGormadtMar 8

I feel you on that man, every time I’ve had to work under my first gen CRV (it’s a 2000 model year, made at he end of 1999) it’s turned into a weekend project.

Rear sway bar links? 3 days. Trailing arm and rear control arm bushings? 2 days. Sway bar bushings? 2 days AND ended up swapping out the rear cross beam because of how fucked it became during the whole shitshow (the latest project with it).

Under the hood? At most an afternoon.

Show threadTowerMar 8
This is why the only time I’ve truly felt comfortable working on my own car was when I had a 2nd car. Far too many instances of still wrenching Sunday at 11, midnight, 1am… knowing that I don’t have a choice to stop - I have to be able to get to work in the morning.
Show threadÚwÙ-PasswortMar 8
I feel this with my dashboard currently outside the car, whaterver i touch and fix reveals 2 new problems
Show threadGormadtMar 8
The last time I pulled a dashboard out it took a week to get it back to as functional as it was when I pulled it out. At that point I was just happy to be done with it lol
Show threadÚwÙ-PasswortMar 8
Well atleast im saving weigth by ripping out all those old and nowhere going cables :)
Show threadNessDMar 8

Yeah. Just gonna replace the bottom bracket. 10 min MAX! Oh, the thread to pull of the crank got mangled. Gotta use a hammer. Oh, the threads for the bracket is also mangled. 3 strong dudes, two days adn 3 hours of work later it finally gives.

Well, now my bike works again.

Show threadDickFiascoMar 8
Every car repair job I do has that one fastener. It’s the one that makes the job take three hours because you spend two hours removing just that one.