Glenn_

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Fiat Bravo/Meriea/coupe.

the engine has to be removed to do the timing belt.You can get away with removing the drivers engine mount and taking the other ones off then move the engine across to get some room.You can only get 1 finger down between the engine and the inner arch.

djmillsy

the fuel filter on mk6 escort rs2ks,
the timing belts on old style vectras where you have to take the sub frame off to change the timing belt

Harris.

The mk3 fiesta rs turbo /xr2i front bumper , looks total shite

thebronze

Porsche 944 clutches.... 24hrs to change out by the book..... I have it down to less than 12ish

jaiscossie

Did mine the other day and cant honestly say it was that bad?

Glenn_

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I find it easier when you bend the pas pipe slightly.

Some of the alfa V6s are similar but you have to take 2 brackets off the engine and move 2 pipes out of tje way to get the oil filter out.You have to be careful cause if you use a metal oil filter wrench/tool it can catch on the live wire on the alternator or the starter motor lol.

Glenn_

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A lad i used to work with put a gear/transfer box back in a toyota rav4 but the next day i got the job to finish it off and the only way i could get the gearbox oil back in was by dropping the sub frame down lol.

saph4be

5 cylinder fiat engine cam belts are easy when you know how I did my bravo hgt in a hour and half!

saph4be

And again megane headlight bulbs are a 2 minute job as well

Bloomers

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The mk1 land rover freelander... the whole thing is a heap of shit

the sunroof drain on the mk2 fiesta... pipe down into the middle of the sill, drain holes at either end

Glenn_

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Vauxhall cavalier gsi,s 4x4 system.Ahead of its time in the day but just shite.

Glenn_

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How do you do them in that time.I thought how i mentioned above was the best way.

Icurus

Ahh yes, sunroof drains, good mention Bloomers.

The sunroof drain pipes on the Escort mk5/6 drain into the sills, where the drain holes soon block up and then the water helps them to rust from the inside out!

If Ford had only had the foresight to extend the pipes a few more inches and had them exit through the sill and outside of the car.

wulliesxr4i

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front wishbones on a fiat scudo with antiroll bar that bolts on in the same place

Ginge

I remember a mate of mine had a toyota rav 4, it came as you would expect with a jack to enable the removal of the flat tyre but it didnt go up high enough to enable you to put on a fully inflated one!!

Ginge

Glenn_

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Lol sounds about right for a toyota.

Glenn_

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I dont know about poor design or just cause there shit.Ive just been doing a vauxhall combo van at work,yeh the good old 1.3 diesels. It was in for non start.Plugged the tester in and found a few faults with the fueling system and crank sensor. Removed the crank sensor and found it to be damaged.A part of the sensor is stuck in the hole.I took the gearbox out and found the bearing in the box to have come through the casing and it has damaged the crank sensor.



These gearboxes are soft as shite.Ive changed loads of them in the past.

Carlos-Titx

A slightly petty one.

Focus MkII boot! The water sits in the groove between the bottom of the rear window and the top of the boot recess. When its been raining the water sits in the groove and then goes inside the boot when you open it and splashed over the light fixings.

RC4

430 ferrari battery in passenger side footwell lol
rr sport the earlier td models to change turbo whole chasis has to come off!!!!!

Kirbycossie

D reg escorts and orions. I think they made them out of recycled lancia betas.
1995 onwards mercedes which i think were made from d reg escorts!!

Moonstone Mo

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so true..barstewards,had the pleasure of doing one on mine

RichieST

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Mate of mine has a new Vivaro with alloy wheels, there's a locking wheel nut key but the alloys have no locking wheel nuts. The only wheel which is held on with a locking wheel nut is the spare under the van, which is a shitty steel

vaughant

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Fiat UNO turbo clutch cable,ridiculous design,the two bolts to undo the PULLEY are under the steering strengthening bar,amongst other amazing bits of design wank.
In fact,pretty much any job on one of those,although there's only about 50 left now.
Cool car though.
I'd also say any job on a r5gtt,all those pipes!!!
More modern cars,Renault Clio's ridiculous bracket on the top of the engine that wears the loom out and causes an injector to fail,you then get approx 2mm of wire to solder a bit of cable on,or pay Renault twice the cars value to get a new loom.
Sport Ka alternators,have to pretty much take the front end off to get access.
Had a boy tell me he could do one in 1/2hr,off you go,4 hrs later he gave up.

Ad4m RST

Too fkn right!! takes so much else with it... got a fun week fixing it all now. Only 60k on the engine too.

botters

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i agree ive got pretty fat hands and i can do them from the top
drivers side, the washer bottle filler just pulls off and you can get in
passenger side just whip battery off and loads of room

carcollector

they are brittish, what did u expect ??

saph4be

60k so right on time lol what else has it took with it?

dingla rs

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rear brakes on a vivaro there wank

saph4be

you must be doing something very wrong if you taking subframe off for a cam belt

cutch

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anything that muppet from chopshop creates! cant remember his name, indian fella. total joke.

djmillsy

we did it was the silver top the bottom of the belt goes round the subframe

xr2wishy

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how about sunroof drains on mk2 fiestas, all four drains go straight through pipes to the sills, not even a thought to route them straight out.
not the biggest fail, but pretty bad.
or even the angled steering column again in the mk2 fiesta, where you change wheel and the thing is on the piss, a UJ would have been all it needed to straighten it up.
onto other cars, alfa twinspark engines, why make it nigh on impossible to change alternator or starter in situ?
mondeo tdci injector failure and need coding to ecu.
rover for most things they've ever made...

xr2wishy

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also the lack of a drain plug on bc and ib5 gearboxes, drill a hole and tap a thread.
it's as if they made them expecting to be throw away items that aren't simply serviced.
shaft out to drain, what is that about, dumbasses.

James @ M Developments.

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Cosworth Map sensor location,

Spill a drop of water topping up the header tank, straight on the map sensor.

howie1989

You sure it wasn't a engine mount done 2 on my mums vectra 150000 miles and still going strong brilliant car

dingla rs

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plug location on the older scoobys

mark r

map sensor under the header tank on a cossie !!

The Youth.

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Alternator on mk1/2 V6 mondeos an awful job to change I ended up removing the os driveshaft for access!
also abs magnetic rings on renault meganes, they stuck then on the discs meaning you damage them getting them off and you can't buy them seperate meaning a trip to the dealers yo buy there discs with the rings already attached!