PanzerAce Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 This idea came to me when replacing my battery today. I figure we all need a place to tell the stories about stuff that doesn't so much make us mad, just annoys/bugs us about cars. Right now I'm bugged that various battery makers not only make their batteries slightly different in size, but they also swap around the terminal locations. I just spent 30 minutes installing my battery, which should have taken 5 minutes tops because Duralast and Interstate changed just enough.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetride2go Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Side post battery terminals should be banned... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19762802+2 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Rusty/stuck bolts that won't budge and then break, Previous owners who hacked/slashed/or jerry rigged something. Bad wiring that is near impossible to figure out. Rust in general and hard to find parts are also something that bug me and happen often with a 2+2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Bloody french spark plugs on the '71 Peugeot 504 motor, they use springs from the plug to the top of a tube where the wire from the dist joins... I can't work out how to get the bloody spring off without stretching and wrecking them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG58 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Whoever designed CIS-E Should be strung up and flogged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 FLAT-HEAD SCREWS!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) cars with such brilliant design flaws such as the one the requires you to remove the intake manifold...... ......to change your spark plugs. who ever thinks that kinda stuff is a great idea on the drawing board, should be kicked in the balls Edited April 30, 2010 by skib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizm0Zed Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 ^^^ Hmmm, but mitsubishi's V6 motor was awesome. So awesome they supplied it with 3 platinum plugs and 3 copper cores, to reduce labour times during servicing. Would have made more sence to use 6 platinums and do them all once at 100,000kms my biggest pet peeve of all? Oil filters in close proximity to hot exhaust manifolds. In some cases, the bloody manifold wraps halfway around the damn filter! NOBODY ever changes the filter on a cold vehicle in a workshop enviroment. its not like the customer (or mechanic) is happy to leave the car on a hoist for a couple of hours to cool off. that and new cars being soo damn cramped to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Water pumps on Ford engines, at least on older ones. Could of at least put a couple of dowels on their. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaZ Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Having the water pump being ran off of the timing belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernS30 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Previous owner hack job wiring, majority of stereo installs, bondo, flat heads, 50 thousand different sized bolts when you can use almost 2 or 3 sizes in different grade to put the entire car together. Axle coupler bolts where a wrench can only be turned a quarter at a time. Fart Cannons, Honda in general, lack of room to do certain tasks. Emissions bs in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zjoel Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) People who do not know what they have and try to make a quick buck off of things. I talked to a guy who swears that the 240z first came out in 1972, and thinks his rusted out z which has been siting for 15 years is worth ATLEAST $6,000..... Edited April 30, 2010 by 280zjoel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrustnut Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Water pump on a Subaru GL. You have to take the whole front of the engine apart to change it! And my latest task...SPINDLE PINS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetterben Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Oh boy... 6g72 comes to mind. Water pump driven off T-Belt. Cooling cross over from drivers to passenger side thats buried under the intake that has leaky o-rings. Must remove upper intake to change rear bank plugs. Oil pickup that is 3/16ths from the bottom of the pan so if you even look at the pan wrong it will crush pickup and spin a bearing. Oil galleys in the block coupled with oil squirters that are grossly undersized. This list goes on and on with the 6g72. Lets not forget a 11 hour all data book time to change the T-belt. (takes me 7) Knock sensor buried in the same valley in the block under the cross over pipe. Dont even get me started on manual trans cars that use atf!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz21 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Anything on a RX-7 FD. Not only is it cramped, even the simplest parts are stupidly overpriced. Doing a motor swap on a RX-8; it's bolted to the subframe. But don't worry! Mazda sells a tool that can take the whole front subframe with motor and trans all at once. The price? A cool $3k. ....for what's essentially a stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Changing the oil filter on a Chevy Cavalier... They decide to put it RIGHT NEXT to the exhaust manifold on the BACK of the engine. Can't get it from the bottom cause of a rail/engine mount, and if you try from the top, you're getting burned. I'm glad I don't work at a quick oil change shop every day. Oh, and customers with cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Water pump on a Subaru GL. You have to take the whole front of the engine apart to change it! And my latest task...SPINDLE PINS! Water pump on an EA82 is a breeze.. you just can't leave the timing belt covers on that motor or it becomes a 6 hour hassle dealing with the captured nuts spinning in the plastic of the back side of the covers. My T-belt covers are actually sitting on top of the garbage can right now even though the car was gone two years ago.. they sat in a box in my storage unit and I just recently came across them and finally pitched em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxtoy Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 The hose clamps on a zx heater core under the dash. They could've turned them away from the firewall at the factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue72 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Changing a starter on a Northstar engine. What brilliant engineer decided to put it at the top of the bellhousing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icapture Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 yea, oil filters that require bloody knuckles every time to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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