Easiest job that took the most time

[nick526]

Removing the passenger side axle from the rear hub took me forever when I did my wheel bearings a few months ago. Couldn't get it to move, broke my damn puller and smashed my thumb with a hammer in the process. Ended up setting up what was left of the puller as tight as I could get it, heating the hub with a torch for ten minutes, and pounding the forcing screw with a three pound mini sledge.

[325ix]

Changing oil. Turned out the threads were stripped :D

Plastic bumpers were a head scratcher with the brackets already on the bumpers and the fronts missing, on and the poor alignment.

[Pantless Spency]

putting on the goddamn clutch fan. 5 minute job at the outside, took an hour and a half. Freaking thing did NOT want to line up to spin on. walked away, had a stiff drink, and the fucker went straight on........

Fucking amen!!!! I changed mine out for a used one that also ended up bad and that took an hour then took it off and had to put a brand new one on, such a bitch to thread, not to mention hitting your knuckles on the rad, and going to a shop to borrow there pulley wrench twice haha

[Earendil]

Having done the water pump and timing pump on my own car 3 times, I agreed to do a friends. I was a little slow, taking the time to get everything perfectly right, and 3-4 hours later it was all buttoned back up with new coolant. Started her up and the coolant came gushing out at about 5 gallons a minute.

I couldn't tell where it was coming from because it was all put back together, and it was getting dark. So the very next evening I did the entire thing all over again. I found a little extra gasket residue around the pump and spent 45 minutes carefully polishing that surfacing and making sure it mated together perfectly. I found nothing else even close to wrong (brand new hoses and claps) and assumed I had it under control. All back together again and she leaks just as much! Arg!

A bunch of research later reveals that the bolts on the water pump sometimes sink into the coolant area. So I took it all back apart, sealed the threads on the bolts, put it back together, and it hasn't leaked a drop since. I've never put a drop of anything on the water pump bolts on my own car. Live and learn.

So I spent about 14-15 hours total on a @#$%ing water pump.

The other common dice roll of a common repair is dropping and reattaching the exhaust. I've slapped that biotch back on in 15 minutes by myself. I've also spent 90 minutes with a friend trying to wiggle it into place.

[schtozo]

Battery tray in trunk, the bolt head was stripped and rusted, after an hour i hammered a flat head screw driver around it to cut the plastic and remove it.

[devon.818]

the control arm. had the old one off in 20 minutes(from time i put jack under car).
spent 6 HOURS messing with the new control arm bushing/loli pop/ and new control arm.

finally took it to a machine shop. then took me about 25 minutes to bolt it all back together and get car rolling again. lol lame

[Balleristic31]

Stupid shifter cup bearing. That thing took me all day to get. Ugh

[fsf1o1]

hehe

I had one helluva time adjusting my seat once.

Freaking Seats

[5Toes]

putting on the goddamn clutch fan. 5 minute job at the outside, took an hour and a half. Freaking thing did NOT want to line up to spin on. walked away, had a stiff drink, and the fucker went straight on........

Sometimes, you just GOTTA walk away.

[Mlarsen]

my last timing belt did NOT want to go on. I spent probably 90 minutes just trying to get the belt on the sprocket. usually I can do the whole thing in that much time without a rush.

I had the exact same problem when I put my belt on.

[nando]

my last timing belt did NOT want to go on. I spent probably 90 minutes just trying to get the belt on the sprocket. usually I can do the whole thing in that much time without a rush.

[Violet88]

lol

[slammin.e28]

I had one helluva time adjusting my seat once.

[lambo]

Changing oil. Turned out the threads were stripped :D

[scottinAZ]

putting on the goddamn clutch fan. 5 minute job at the outside, took an hour and a half. Freaking thing did NOT want to line up to spin on. walked away, had a stiff drink, and the fucker went straight on........