Working on seized up nuts, bolts and other parts on cars that can be anywhere from 22-15 years old can truly suck, but there are just some jobs that I can't stand. Here is a list of some of them:
1) parking brakes - I have done this on an e36 and just last night on my e30. I truly, 100%, without-a-doubt fucking HATE this work. Hans, you stupid, retarted, design fuck at BMW headquarters... I hate you. My thumbs feel like they are bleeding because of the tension on those springs. I always wear safety goggles now because I nearly lost my eyeball and gave myself a black-eye for a week trying to hook those springs up last time. I guess the black eye is funny... I punched myself so hard when the pliers I was using slipped and flew up at my eye. Got a small 1/4" cut on my lower lid and have been wearing goggles whenever I work on my car ever since.
2) Ball joints - whether it be the tie rod or the lower control arm ball joint. They seize up like a bitch and using a pickle fork only seems to tear the boots. I got the urethane boots from BMP but the kit didn't come with any instructions and without metal clasps I don't know how these things can be better than the half torn boots already on there.
3) Fuel filter on the early e36s - Hans strikes again... lets put a filter, a replaceable maintenance part, in a place where you have to take off the intake manifold to get at it. Pure genius. Fortunately the e30s are in a not so bad place from my limited experience.
Anybody else want to chime in?
1) parking brakes - I have done this on an e36 and just last night on my e30. I truly, 100%, without-a-doubt fucking HATE this work. Hans, you stupid, retarted, design fuck at BMW headquarters... I hate you. My thumbs feel like they are bleeding because of the tension on those springs. I always wear safety goggles now because I nearly lost my eyeball and gave myself a black-eye for a week trying to hook those springs up last time. I guess the black eye is funny... I punched myself so hard when the pliers I was using slipped and flew up at my eye. Got a small 1/4" cut on my lower lid and have been wearing goggles whenever I work on my car ever since.
2) Ball joints - whether it be the tie rod or the lower control arm ball joint. They seize up like a bitch and using a pickle fork only seems to tear the boots. I got the urethane boots from BMP but the kit didn't come with any instructions and without metal clasps I don't know how these things can be better than the half torn boots already on there.
3) Fuel filter on the early e36s - Hans strikes again... lets put a filter, a replaceable maintenance part, in a place where you have to take off the intake manifold to get at it. Pure genius. Fortunately the e30s are in a not so bad place from my limited experience.
Anybody else want to chime in?
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