Part you hate removing

[nando]

I hated everything until I got an impact.

well, I don't love fixing stuff. I realize though that the E30 is super, super easy to fix in most cases. Ask somebody about replacing the heater core in a Ford Ranger for example. Comparing that to an E30? haha!

These days, I pretty much only like to build something new on the side, and replace whatever is in the car all at once. I don't do "pull it off, rebuild it, and put it back together in a day" any more. I have other things I'd rather do, like actually driving the car, that I enjoy a lot more. And for some reason electrical/wiring mods are interesting me a lot more now than anything else..

[kalib0y]

the shifter rod between the lever and trans and the carrier.

[brainspo0n]

lol. Thanks man.
I vented some frustrations in this thread if you want some reading.

I'm actually taking a day off from the job to cool down and get my head in a better place..

good idea. It's like a piece of art, sometimes you've just got to walk away from it for a while

[hfabricius]

Anything on a Ford E series van. We have 2 diesel ones and they are such a pain in the ass to do work on! You are constantly getting in and out of the car to get to parts, plus the doghouse is a bitch to take off. All this work and trying not to get grease on anything, I will take every job on my e30 before doing work on our vans.

[Simon S]

you're doing god's work here

lol. Thanks man.
I vented some frustrations in this thread if you want some reading.

I'm actually taking a day off from the job to cool down and get my head in a better place..

[brainspo0n]

Rear main/supply brake hard line.

I hate it so much - I'm losing sleep about it.
8+ hours in, and I don't even have it disconnected yet..

I've worked my way through a lot of shit - but that fucker takes the cake.

you're doing god's work here

[evandael]

I have a bitch of a time trying to get the splines lined up correctly on the steering wheel. I still think mine is slightly crooked.


That and rusty undercarriage stuff.. but PB blaster works wonders. I like to work on my car, especially mods. Maintenance is okay, problem solving sucks if you can't diagnose the issue on the first couple of tries.

[gkurey]

thought S52 oil pans didn't fit in E30s

I suppose thats true....I should say removing an e34 m50 pan from an s52 in an e30 without removing the crossmember = horrible.

[assoutE12]

Awwww, someone call the wambulance.

I think you need a Honda. This is clearly not the car for you.

I Don't know about all that. I don't hate to work on my car or anything, But I would not say it is anywhere on the top of my list.
I do this shit all day long every day, so I'm not exactly thrilled when I have to do it when I get home. To some degree it still costs me more, if not the same amount of money to do it also.
Any time I am spending my weekend working on my cars I could be doing work on someone else's car and making money, more money than I would be paying one of my good friends, who is a ASE master tech (best wrencher I know) to do the work.

Granted I do enjoy working on my car in my own garage more than a day of work, because I can listen to the music I want, take my time and drink and whatnot all I want. although when I have my own shop I guess It won't really be that different when I'm working, except the drinking and the whatnot.

[shiboujin]

thought S52 oil pans didn't fit in E30s

[gkurey]

S52 oil pan in an e30...omfg suck.

Also, I don't like anything I've ever done to the rear suspension/subframe like many have said.

[z31maniac]

Awwww, someone call the wambulance.

I think you need a Honda. This is clearly not the car for you.

Why?

I don't like working on cars either. But I'm raging cheap ass and for all but a few jobs, I don't trust the monkey's turning wrenches to not screw it up.

So I work on my own so there is money for travel and to use higher quality parts. I accept this aspect of E30 ownership.

Doesn't mean you have to like it.

[Simon S]

Rear main/supply brake hard line.

I hate it so much - I'm losing sleep about it.
8+ hours in, and I don't even have it disconnected yet..

I've worked my way through a lot of shit - but that fucker takes the cake.

[brainspo0n]

for some reason I always hate taking apart interiors (removing seats, tearing into doors, dashboard, etc)

[T Verdier]

valve stem cap geeez!

Rear wheel bearings. ive heard they can be easy but ive done 2, one on my e30 were my friend a profesional shop owner took over an hour just getting the bearing out of the trailing arm, and the other night on my friends e46 it took three of us 7 hours total