What part of your car drives you nuts? For me it's the exhaust system. For one thing, I hate being on my back with dirt dropping into my eyes trying to get a seized bolt loose on the downpipe, only to break the stud or have the socket wrench come loose and bashing your knuckles against something sharp and unfun. It also sucks that all the bolts underneath the car are usually tight as **** and to get them off requires muscles that you neglected whilst in the gym.

 

i disslike working underthe car, sometimes i just dont like something that heavy to be half a foot above me

 

Ditto. I don't like working underneath. Trusting my life to a pair of jack stands doesn't drive me wild. I know those types of accidents are extremely rare, but it still makes me paranoid.

One day I'll save up for a lift. That would somewhat ease my paranoia.

 

Man i agree with the undercar paranoiya(sp) but i have ben fooling around with wiring harnesses latley. Talk about some stuff that can sometimes make no sence try pulling and putting the dash back and fourth a few times in a day. BTW dont ask why

 

the exhaust

 

Electrical gremlins **** me off. Working under the car is easy, I have air tools

 

working inside in the cockpit when i was puttin in my deck and lights and little accesories it was a bitch. screws and tools fall into every crevice,very frustrating

 

Sometimes it slides right in, which is a good description as when that happens it's almost as good as sex.

But, most times, holding that heaving tranny with two hands shaking and pushing to get that last two inch's in can be a MAJOR challenge. Hmmm, reminds me of the first sentence.

 

interior work on these POS interior having cars that we "love" so much drives me nuts and makes me hyperventilate, i agree with this guy. ive learned to save up for every possible interior peice avalable before doing ANY sort of interior tinkering because every peice will get cracked/broken/not fit right for some reason.

 

Dashboard, gauges, heater cores/fans..Basically anythng that directly results in my having to dismantle the dashboard.

 

bench pressing in a TII tranny sucks, when full of fluid, and the tail end isn't covered
sean

 

And aligning it into a VERY precise fitting isn't too fun either

 

Yes! I also hate it! Not so much about the paranoia of the car falling... i'm not worried at all. It's just that the bolts underneath are always damn tight and you dont' have room to get some good strength on the wrench. Whenver u turn a bolt or bump something dirt and **** falls on your face and in your eyes. Under car work is comparable to Sour-Kraut uahfaeafladfuckafd!
If I had a lift on the other hand...mmmmm

 

I consider my self lucky when I work on my rex

My girl has a '97 grand (pos) am I can't even capitalize it.
it took me 2 hours to change the plugs cuz they bury them between the firewall and under the intake/fuel injection unit

In my rex I ve done the trany the exhaust the water pump it is paradise compared to a SAAB 900 were you need to drop the whole suspension. TO DO THE WORTHLESS TRANY.

SO DO IT ALL WITH LOVE BECAUSE THIS CAR AS OPPOSED TO OTHERS IS A WALK IN THE PARK!!!!!!!

AND A BLAST TO DRIVE

 

For me, I haven't done it yet, but i'm not exactly looking forward to, is the turbo. 86K on the stock turbo, i'm thinking i'm gonna get an upgraded compressor before it fries itself out, and at the same time bolt on a new exhaust. yippee.

 

The secret to putting tranny's back in on 7s is to support THE FRONT of the engine. When you heave that sucker up there, and start pushing, the engine tilts forward, and it becomes impossible to align. I actually tilt my engine towards the rear by putting a jack under the front of the engine and tilting it slightly. Trannys slide right in every time.

To answer the question, the F#*@! logicon pissed me off the most.

 

Clutch jobs!&nbsp I hate em with a passion!&nbsp I'd rather remove and rebuild my engine versus a stupid clutch/pilot bearing/throw-out bearing job!



-Ted

 

i hate everything. clutch jobs without a lift, installing engines (the 20b was a bitch) the haltech, coolant, brake fluid, tires.

mike

 

On FD's, the Fuel Filter, everything else if you buy the right tools can be made easier. With the fuel filter, there is no way to make it easier.

 

For the most part I think the RX-7 is the easiest car I have ever worked on. I do hate being under I use ramps and jacks just to be extra safe, and dash work suck royal. But compared to working on my VW Passat VR6 that needs that engine lifted to do just about anything my 7 is a dream.

 

Same here but I do feel a lot safer useing ramps

 

#$&@@*!#@#$&@!! ABS box!



trying to get it in and out without destroying the lines is a major pain...

 

Swapping the mufflers! Trying to get those damn rubber band things to stretch when it's 30 degrees outside.. I got a few busted up knuckles from that one.

 

Removing interior panels w/o breaking them, adn then the damn exhaust. I hate those damn dount hangers on the exhaust. When I replaced all of them, it made the exhaust quit squeaking, but it took me all day long...

 

Removing the lower intake manifold gasket stuck on pieces. And body work - I leave it to the Pros.