Most Horrid Job you've Had To Do On A Car?

[amdaman]

Ok my skills are very basic but the jobs i would never like to do are:

Changing the exhaust manifold on the mini... That was horrid because it was a combination of seized bolts and no space, so ended up with the usual cut knuckles etc.

The clutch pedal on the clio... That sucked because there was no space and the bushes and springs were giving me grief.. again cut hands etc.

Anything that involves tight spaces and rusty bolts tend to annoy me though.

So what's the job you would never like to do again!

[Chris H]

swin into the clyde to tie a rope around a mates mk2 cav to drag it out.

[bbracer16valver]

should of let the chavalier die

[rich]

replacing the power steering pipe on the valver, the rack decided to strip its threads on removal of the transfer pipes so i ended up having to take the whole fecking rack off to re-tap it. hours job turned into about 7 hours by the time i'd finished!

[Chet T16]

Old turbo manifold on the purple 19.

Every bolt was turn it 1/8 a turn with the open end of a spanner, flip the spanner, go 1.8 a turn.

So easy but just so frustrating!

[The T.I.B.]

n/s driveshaft, when i stripped the threads on the diff housing
that was funny, at half past midnight!! lol

[Chris H]

the problem is some boxes are fine, go in then at the end a slight turn with your pinky and the threads gone!

[JB]

Originally Posted by Chet T16

Old turbo manifold on the purple 19.

Every bolt was turn it 1/8 a turn with the open end of a spanner, flip the spanner, go 1.8 a turn.

So easy but just so frustrating!

LOL i hate that...such small increments...take forever!!

[Gentle Ben]

Small turns on nuts and bolts it's what's made getting the Energy lump, brakes and suspension such a bind.

The suspension ones were the worst, the ones on the manifolds were a pain but can't factor those ones in since it was a job I didn't actually have to do.

[Clio 16valver]

Clio fuel tank as i found out this week! trying to join the main to the aux tank with a small piece of pipe!
Exhaust manifold gasket on a vectra v6,really tight and a nightmare!
Front wheel bearing on the new shape transit

[Gentle Ben]

Any idea what the rear headgaskets are like on the Vectra V6's Clio 16valver?

[Clio 16valver]

Haven't done one but going by how tight for room it is i don't think it would be nice. Definately need a two post ramp and lots of cups of tea!!

[Pete]

Not really done an awful lot tbh, but on the 19 i'd say its close between changing ball joints or the fecking clutch cable just for the ammount of grief I got during that fiasco. Helping remove the engine from a williams was supprisingly easy only bit I didnt like was forgetting that the only thing holding the subframe in place was the gear linkage. I proceded to unbolt it, hit it with a hammer and get subfame whack me on the head

[FincH]

Erm altenator on the Clio was a bit of a bastard.

As can be the exhaust too.

Infact, most things; even a simple oil change is hard on that car.

[Clio 16valver]

Yeah its not easy,havent found a good way to do it yet

[bbracer16valver]

ram a srewdriver undo it abit then its all easy after that

[Dan]

Steering rack on an N reg espace.

2 day job.

[Clio 16valver]

Anything on an espace is crap!