Part you hate removing

[Farbin Kaiber]

try changing out an engine in the rain. then you kids can bitch.



farbin. back me up here.

This, and to follow it up with my hated part, it is a small one. The uppermost bellhousing to block bolt.

[ck_taft325is]

Differentials. Again, not a hard job. Just something I don't enjoy doing and regardless of how easy it should be, as soon as my ass gets involved it's suddenly a 7 hour job.

[yert315]

I've come to realize e30s are extremely simple to work on. The hardest thing I had to do was replace the oil pump, which involved suspending the engine and dropping the subframe. However, that still only took a couple hours at most.

I'm in an Audi Coupe Quattro now and man are these things a bitch to work on. I had to take the front end and secondary radiator (yes... SECONDARY RADIATOR) off just to line up the timing marks on the cam. What I thought was a 10min job turned into a 2 hour ordeal. Poop

[bernzpeed]

Try doing it in NY with a rear that has never been touched. I bought one from cali as my track build. SO EASY, everything came free and I fell in love =)

P.S. The e30 I am working on has never seen a winter. I have no clue how those rear bolts became solid.

I guess I got lucky. The first and only time I did it, the car only had 63k miles on it so everything was still in good shape. Now I am doing it all over again on my DD which is about 180K miles old. Oh yeah and impact tools help a lot.

[NKRoberts]

When I pulled off my shift knob and smacked myself in the face I was pretty pissed

[pureaudio]

Transmission, not really hard to remove but I can't stand doing it for some reason.

[drumad]

starters on GM northstars

e30s are relatively easy

[mrsleeve]

Front AC evap core Tahoe yukon surburban/ Evap core in trucks On late 90's GM Full size trucks. FUCK ME I hate that job and will never do one again

[KenC]

I replaced the heater core and valve in mine a few years ago. Didn't have a problem. It just slides out...

[Restoman]

Transmissions and heater cores. The last heater core that went out on me just got taken out of the loop. $600 for a shop to replace it or or or or me break every piece of old plastic car taking it out for replacement.

[seanmul]

Wiper linkage, hard not cut the knuckles.

[Kershaw]

ignition key.

really? that is the easiest thing ever. put key in. put thin metal object in (i used a finishing nail from a nail gun.) turn key. tap metal object with a hammer. done.

it just pops out.

[b*saint]

I dont understand how some people can't get 2 joined items to separate. I've never come across something that I wasn't not able to separate. Air hammers, hydraulics, acetylene torches, bfh's, and will power always work. Also a small knowledge of mechanical engineering physics can help (understanding deformation, metalurgy, etc.)

[Jesse30]

try changing out an engine in the rain. then you kids can bitch.



farbin. back me up here.

[alane]

Rear wheel bearings.

Mainly because the half shafts were seized in the splines. I hit one with a 20lb sledge for 45min and it didn't move..

I then went to Home Depot and rented a Hilti electric jack hammer.

It moved.