just wondering really, what would you say is the most annoying and frustrating thing to do, fix or replace on your ford? or any other car in general?

 

anythinkg on a b*starding peugeot... its all star keys and strange sizes... anything on a ford is easy compared... took me and a mate about 2 hours to replace both wishbones, steering rack & track rod ends about 2 hours to do... took me and him 7 hours to replace the front springs on my 106...

 

1.4 & 1.6 fiesta diesel clutches!

mondeo sci clutches

nissan terreno clutches

c.v. boots on anything

brake pipes on anything

 

Clutch / gearbox change. Twat of a job...

 

anything underneath when you dont have ramps

& any sort of sanding like wet & dry sanding or just any bloody sanding

 

cvh sump gasket........


hardest job known to man

 

if you think thats a hard job you should put the tools down and step away from the vehicle permanently... only jesting m8 , but on the list of bastard jobs that doesnt even register

 

also the roof lining on an escort mk3 or 4

 

roof linings can be a real arse to do, just did one on a lexus rx 300, wasnt as bad as some ive done

 

I would say:

CV boots

Poxy oil filter on the Escos

And anything to with brake fluid

 

Possibly what im in the middle of right now, changing the ratchet on the clutch pedal of a mk6 escort < real tears

 

heater matrix

and have to say, CVH sump gasket as well, piss easy to do, Fooking impossible to seal

 

306 heater matirx <----

 

how did you seal it in the end? where are the main leaking points?

bastard, i have to put mine back on soon

 

if you glue the half moon seals in on a cvh gasket then they dont dislodge when you refit the sump and piss oil all over the place,works every time

 

Tell me about it, I did mine 3 times last week T.W.A.TING thing

I ended up using this stuff on both side of the gasket and worked a treat, it's like rubber when it goes off, But i did leave it 24 hours before putting oil in.


Cost about Ł4.

 

on the sierra the clutch ratchet, the steernig column bush, heater matrix and the rack on a 4wd car tend to big bastard jobs
the only thing worse is the pin on th ebox on the 4wd cars as it's quicker to drop the box

on the mondeo, it's everything

 

so you have definatly donw one mate? and it never leaked?

 

paceo Use the stuff i used, as looking at your sump it'll be a 1 piece black rubber gasket, not the early 4 piece 2 cork, 2 orange rubber type.

 

served my time in a ford rs dealer 89 - 94 so you could say ive done a few, this was how i was taught how to do the sump on rs turbo,s, the inner gasket that is near clutch/flywheel would sometimes get dislodged when refitting the sump due to the angle you have to push it in at when the engine is still in the car, glueing this in stops that happening.

 

yes, managed to get hold of a genuine ford item, only reason the sump is off is becuase im having my oil return welded into the sump for 100% better drainage as the t2 return is shit.

did you only seal the half moon sides on the end?

 

no matter which gasket you use, still put glue on the inner part

 

the inner part you mean the side of the gasket closest to the oil in the sump?

 

Anything to do with clutch ratchets (shudder....)

What a fuckin stoopid design, even more fuckin stupid is making the bastard things out of plastic

 

No mate, the whole thing to be on the safe side, after 3 attempts i was getting a little pissed off

 

Fixing, sorry trying to fix the rear lights on an S1, or anything electrical on an S1 for that matter.

Fukin hate the thing at times

SMG

 

with only a tiny bit of glue? cant imagine you would use a lot?

 

oil filter on old fords - why did they always put it somewhere that would piss everywhere when you took it off?

 

Sierra


Clutch Pawl.

Spigot Bearing loads of grief to replace a Ł5.00 Part ( as in box out, clutch e.t.c)

Heater Matrix is just a bit of a pain.

On a Mini

Mechanical Fuel Pump

 

the half moon on the inner part

 

rust welding

 

paceo

That tube of glue is the lenght of my hand, and i used pretty much the whole thing

 

polishing the saff

its bloody huge

 

wait for other people to finish their work on time

 

worse thing i have dealt with has to be when the clutch cable went (how difficult is it to get down under your clutch pedal!!!!!) and the oil return hose GGGGGGGRRRRRR

 

nothing really phases me to be honest except cv boots grease goes fucking everywere

 

un seizing mk2 fiesta back breaks because my brother is currently trying to do one up and he only looks at it once every 6 months and i have to loosen them every time and mk4 golf electric windows and locks its that stupid metal panel that everthing is attached to that is a right coont

 

Wheel bearings u always twat ur hand with the hammer instead of hitting the chisel. Ouch ouch.

 

Oh i forgot clutches on mondeos. Cause u have 2 drop the sub frame down 2 remove the gear box.

 

Anything involving CV's/CV grease or gearbox oil. Just the smell of 'box oil makes me fucking gag