That feeling when you can't put your car back together
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Anyone else get that feeling of dread when you think you're going to have to call out a mobile mechanic because of your screw up?
The ridiculous thing is the cause of all my grief today was an air filter housing of all things. Spent about an hour fighting with it to get one side mated up (other side was fine) worrying about breaking one of the plastic clips off while I wrestled with it.
Couple of skinned knuckles later and I finally managed it but I just hate it when things go wrong and then I get stressed about making things worse
The ridiculous thing is the cause of all my grief today was an air filter housing of all things. Spent about an hour fighting with it to get one side mated up (other side was fine) worrying about breaking one of the plastic clips off while I wrestled with it.
Couple of skinned knuckles later and I finally managed it but I just hate it when things go wrong and then I get stressed about making things worse
lufbramatt said:
Having worked on various old sheds with rusted or rounded fasteners, for me it's more "that feeling when you can't get your car apart enough to start putting it back together".
That's usually my most significant problem, although now I have a couple of impact wrenches it's much better.One tip I would always give the home mechanic which has helped me immensely - if something is being difficult, rather than struggling with it in-situ, remove it to fix.
e.g. Wheel bearing which should just unbolt and be easy to replace, but is stuck. Rather than fighting with it on the car take the whole hub/upright off and do it on the bench.
Krikkit said:
That's usually my most significant problem, although now I have a couple of impact wrenches it's much better.
One tip I would always give the home mechanic which has helped me immensely - if something is being difficult, rather than struggling with it in-situ, remove it to fix.
e.g. Wheel bearing which should just unbolt and be easy to replace, but is stuck. Rather than fighting with it on the car take the whole hub/upright off and do it on the bench.
Funny you should mention it, that's how I got it back together in the end, unbolted the housing from the rocker cover and it gave me enough wiggle room to get it done. One tip I would always give the home mechanic which has helped me immensely - if something is being difficult, rather than struggling with it in-situ, remove it to fix.
e.g. Wheel bearing which should just unbolt and be easy to replace, but is stuck. Rather than fighting with it on the car take the whole hub/upright off and do it on the bench.
I was changing the plugs on a Bentley Turbo 'R' and I very nearly sent it to the specialists to get the front plug in the N/S bank back in. seriously bloody awkward/impossible. No room and lots of bits in the way many different extensions and angle joints finally got it back in its perishing hole.
Yes, I did try putting hair round it!
Yes, I did try putting hair round it!
and then turned out to be the fuse.I recall this time 2 years back when my dad was getting very uptight with his S2 Elise after replacing something to do with the heater (perhaps a relay - I can't recall).
It's possible to do it without removing the front clam, but very fiddly.
He'd been at it for hours and couldn't reassemble.
I turned up, hadn't seen how it originally went together / had no reference point, but fiddled with the car for all of 30 seconds and everything just slotted back into place
Sometimes you just need a fresh perspective!
It's possible to do it without removing the front clam, but very fiddly.
He'd been at it for hours and couldn't reassemble.
I turned up, hadn't seen how it originally went together / had no reference point, but fiddled with the car for all of 30 seconds and everything just slotted back into place
Sometimes you just need a fresh perspective!
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