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Jun 20 2013 05:55am
Ill start the post off with.

1. Dealing with rear end work(smell like shit for days)
2. Doors....yes aligning hinges on doors can be such a pita. and they arent light on most cars i work on and lets not forget if a window falls of tracks or have to change lock etc....i usually just buy a new door and have to deal with the former.
3. exhaust manifold bolts nuff said.
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Jun 20 2013 06:56am
1. Rusty nuts and bolts
2. Tight spaces
3. Welding work ( I don't have a welder nor do I know how to do it but would try teaching myself if I even had a welder )
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Quote (iRTB @ Jun 20 2013 08:56pm)
1. Rusty nuts and bolts
2. Tight spaces
3. Welding work ( I don't have a welder nor do I know how to do it but would try teaching myself if I even had a welder )



this is very generalized. was looking for more specific tasks.
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Jun 20 2013 07:06am
1. Early 90's dodge truck balljoints ( they screw in, yea. took me awhile to figure that out )
2. Exhaust manifolds..
3. I hate doing my own oil changes, just despise it.
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Quote (IB0T @ Jun 20 2013 09:06pm)
1. Early 90's dodge truck balljoints ( they screw in, yea. took me awhile to figure that out )
2. Exhaust manifolds..
3. I hate doing my own oil changes, just despise it.


i helped a dude with a dodge van after he had smashed the threads with a hammer trying to get his out haha. what a fucking nightmare..... i was gonna put oil change as my 3rd also but then i remember exhaust manis. ever tried to put used aluminum headers back on? a pry bar and an extra pair of hands is almost always needed.

This post was edited by Blargfish on Jun 20 2013 07:16am
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i helped a dude with a dodge van after he had smashed the threads with a hammer trying to get his out haha. what a fucking nightmare..... i was gonna put oil change as my 3rd also but then i remember exhaust manis. every tried to put used aluminum headers back on? a pry bar and an extra pair of hands is almost always needed.


they do suck ><
And im about to get myself some headers.. A friend recomended a local shop, did his for 100 bucks flat. So i think ima do that.
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Jun 20 2013 07:19am
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they do suck ><
And im about to get myself some headers.. A friend recomended a local shop, did his for 100 bucks flat. So i think ima do that.


chrysler products are well known for making simple things retarded....like my stepmoms old sebring...changing a starter requires unbolting 2 engine mounts jacking up engine and a small pair of hands.
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Quote (Blargfish @ Jun 20 2013 08:19am)
chrysler products are well known for making simple things retarded....like my stepmoms old sebring...changing a starter requires unbolting 2 engine mounts jacking up engine and a small pair of hands.


lmao
Buddy has a RSX, had to replace his started. Intake, throtle body, half the engine compartment had to come out.
Not a chrysler, and i agree with you on that. But i had to share that... its like a 400 dollar fucking job at a shop to replace a starter....
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Jun 20 2013 08:01am
1. Order Blow off valve
2. Order Blow off valve
3. Spindle pins


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Jun 20 2013 09:40am
1 broken in side/striped/fucked up threads
2 electrical
3 cleaning


yep, everything else is easy as can be
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