fuzzy

the prop centre bearing used to go every couple of months on my bmw. due to the conversion set up a previously simple job now required the removal of the exhaust, driveshafts and diff to slide the prop out the t5. a 1 hour job was now most of the day. 3 times in one year as well.

TurboShed

Re-shell on my Sapphire, the ballache started in January and I'm still mopping up bits and bobs.

.Ross.

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Spark arrestor Pot on a Peugeot Partner Van .. Sits under the Exhaust manifold and is held on with two cap heads.

Psycho Warren

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Anything on my car at the moment every time i touch it I find another bodge

CraigJ

MGF/TF as it takes 20 mins just to get to the engine. Best job was removing the engine and box from a 99 passat. the whole front end comes of the car with only about 10 bolts. makes working on the car so much easer.

foreigneRS

the magic tree - it takes ages to remove the old one from the rear view mirror and slide the packet off the new one and hang it up

if you ever want a tricky job, try changing air con components as most of them are built into the bodyshell before the powertrain is fitted. as an example the air con compressor on a 5.0 jag xkr - workshop book says it's an engine and transmission out job or even worse, change the evaporator as that is a dash out job which is easier on the convertible than the coupe. range rover is not particular nice to work on either.

89xr2

Did a heater matrix on a 306.. never again. after i put the dash back in the fucker wouldnt run properly again. sold it on for peanuts and apparently the new owner has it running now.

Glenn_

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Any job on a Toyota.Alfa V6s timing belts are a bit of a ball ache.

Big Will_

Actually - anything bar the starter motor on a Nissan 300ZX TT

bamba

headlamp bulb on renault modus....fuckers!

turboRS

306 matrix aint too bad considering its a dash out job. try a citreon relay van! you would think being a van its an easy job...WRONG!
the dash comes off in bout a million and one pieces, then its a case of getting the heater box completely out, which sits behind a reinforcement beam
rs turbo boxes are easy on a ramp, just a pain on the floor, on your own!
steer clear of BMW e36 rear wheel bearings

RST

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Im doing head, on Fait Coupe turbo at the min. Bit of a fucker.

But the jobs i hate doings are. C.v boots (hate the mess) and Sprinter lower arms.

ybturbo

Oil filter and cleaning the phase sensor (too damn hard to remove the distributor cap due to space) on my cossie 4x4.

dave cos4x4

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cos 4x4 gearboxes on the drive on your own.

burnzy

mine has to be the mondeo clutch on my own and the plate isn't a very good one and seems to get hot quickly so going to have to uprate it sometime soon

-beefy-

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the floorpan on my mk 3 project

not exactly a in and out job lol


beef

benjaminsarmy

the engine in my escort as you allready know mate

jammy86

Anything on a KaRST. Especially if its coolant or boost hose related. Look at the engine and your hand hurts!

JAmes.

clarke5700

lol so funny how many different people like some jobs but hate others but for the next person its the otherway round

SiZT

Did you pull the engine out or use the old grinder trick?

Markb_s1

anything that involves a cambelt due to paranoia of getting it wrong and reaking expensive stuff... and the clutch on a v6 cavalier. that sucks!

Fezza

Brake discs on a 206. Fuckin star-screw seizes and has to be drilled out. PITA

Rs1

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Shock them with a.......resonable size hammer, or impact driver come out no probs then.

Rear brakes pipe on a 2cv, i hate them.

bluescortcossie

got to be a power steering pump or coilpack on a mk1 ka with aircon , no room for owt

godrikki

anyone tried taking the front bumper off a mk2 mr2 50 bolts that are a pain in the dick to get to

The Youth.

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without doubt the worst ever is the alternator on a 24v v6 mondeo, took me 8 hours and had to remove a driveshaft for access! you need 4 long extension bars to reach the top bolt!
would rather set fire to the car than do that again

Mind you a close second is putting a 2.0 pinto in to a 100E that only took 9 years lol

steve

clarke5700

or as you are changing the disks any way wack the back of them with a club hammer it stretches the head of the screw and makes them very lose

craigybaby

rear main oil seal not hard just a bloody pain gearbox clutch and flywheel have to come off to replace a seal that costs about 1.50 but you'd pay big dow in a garage

dojj

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washer pump on a mk3 mondeo

even topping the air con up means removing the off side front inner wheel arch liner to get to the top up nozzle

and fuel pumps on the mk3 is a suspension out job

carcollector

changing the radiator on a classic mini

fiestamad

pistons on eny car with no piston kit just some screwdrivers and brut muscle lol

tosh

The time and date on the clock in the cossie because it usually wrong because the battery has gone flat through lack of use

RST

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Engine is still in there. Cut one of my torx`s 40 bits right down to undo the timing belt covers, with the Engine mount off to allow the Engine to move up and down. Should be putting it back together tomz. Great! lol.

Bloomers

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Clutch on a st185 Celica GT4 proper pain in the ass

deanocossie

anything on a shitreon c8 no room at all to work on it pain in the ass

scoby_hugh

Starter motor on a 205 gti sounds so simple but its a pain cos theres no bastard room

zetec-Sam

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managed to slice my finger open when i did mine bloody thing!