Servicing your own car vs garage
Discussion
PushedDover said:
ARHarh said:
get a 50 year old land rover like I have, all the bolts are seized solid except the ones that have fallen off.
ExactlyRemoving the head shield on the MX5 manifold today.
6 removed. On sheared. FFS
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ARHarh said:
PushedDover said:
ARHarh said:
get a 50 year old land rover like I have, all the bolts are seized solid except the ones that have fallen off.
ExactlyRemoving the head shield on the MX5 manifold today.
6 removed. On sheared. FFS
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Sump said:
My issue with home servicing via Diyers is that they rarely look at all the other components at the same time.
This is very true. I am probably guilty of doing the scheduled maintenance fine but only attending to other areas when the need becomes apparent. But I do have an excellent MOT guy who points out anything that looks a bit tired.
Its a vicious circle I swear !
I thought I'd do the MX5. Just dropped the Oil, and gone to remove the filter.
Except some f
king gorilla has put the last one on. Added to which not the correct one, so my filter spanner doesn't fit it.
Motherf
ker, now with a car on stands. Easter Saturday. Scraped knuckles trying to fight it, to no avail. the space is tight and all I have is my chain filter spanner, that I can't get a ratchet on to.
a
holes !
I thought I'd do the MX5. Just dropped the Oil, and gone to remove the filter.
Except some f
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Motherf
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PushedDover said:
Its a vicious circle I swear !
I thought I'd do the MX5. Just dropped the Oil, and gone to remove the filter.
Except some f
king gorilla has put the last one on. Added to which not the correct one, so my filter spanner doesn't fit it.
Motherf
ker, now with a car on stands. Easter Saturday. Scraped knuckles trying to fight it, to no avail. the space is tight and all I have is my chain filter spanner, that I can't get a ratchet on to.
a
holes !
Hammer and a screwdriver if you can get to it I thought I'd do the MX5. Just dropped the Oil, and gone to remove the filter.
Except some f
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Motherf
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a
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nomis36 said:
PushedDover said:
Its a vicious circle I swear !
I thought I'd do the MX5. Just dropped the Oil, and gone to remove the filter.
Except some f
king gorilla has put the last one on. Added to which not the correct one, so my filter spanner doesn't fit it.
Motherf
ker, now with a car on stands. Easter Saturday. Scraped knuckles trying to fight it, to no avail. the space is tight and all I have is my chain filter spanner, that I can't get a ratchet on to.
a
holes !
Hammer and a screwdriver if you can get to it I thought I'd do the MX5. Just dropped the Oil, and gone to remove the filter.
Except some f
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Motherf
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a
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![wink](/inc/images/wink.gif)
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