I Hate Allan Bolts And Ford!

[Daniel50]

WHY!!!! why did ford put the stupid allan bolts upside down on the fuel pressure regulator!!! why!!!!!!!! if they were on top it would one million times easier. i spent two hours trying to get those things off. i finally did and guess what happened i lost the damn tiny allan wrench on the lower intake manifold somewhere! just going to go to bed and forget about this before i kill something

 

[Grn92LX]

No offense but common sense says pull the upper off so you can pull the fuel rail out and remove the regulator easier than working like an idiot making things hard.

 

[notchlubber]

It really wasn't that hard at all on my 89. Definitely not worth taking the upper and fuel rails off. Just be patient and look for better ways to get to the bolts.

 

[Daniel50]

one way is to buy better tools. those little allan wrenches suck.

 

[z9_87]

There are a lot of things I ask why they did it that way and you can plainly see it would be easy if they did it another. Actually I'm usually like why the **** did they do that.

 

[89CopCoupe]

I say kill something ... then go to bed.
You'll sleep better.

Overall though, these cars are designed well for wrenching on

 

[nidyanazo]

I say kill something ... then go to bed.
You'll sleep better.

Overall though, these cars are designed well for wrenching on

I agree fully.

 

[Zero_chance]

Parts are designed on comps. Sometimes they dont think about the whole picture, just that one part.

 

[The Shape]

Maybe pull the EGR for more arm room?

 

[90mustangGT]

Parts are designed on comps. Sometimes they dont think about the whole picture, just that one part.

It's pretty obvious that engineers don't work on the cars, yet if you'll ever notice the "elite" attitude of many engineers. I am glad I am better working on the things that they design than they are designing it.

The Mustang is probally the easiest Ford to work on. Chryslers dont' even make any kind of logical sence. Ford in general sucks, they can't make anything practical or logical, but at least with a ford you can manage it. Turning wrenches for a living made me a Chevy guy, but only really thier trucks. Now German vehicles, at first it's a real PITA, and you find things overdone, but in the end you see why thier vehicles are so refined. The japaneese, underdone and cheap shotty copycat construction.

 

[Paul Perreca]

they sell 2 dollar magnets that extend, specifically for dropped metal tools, screws, bolts, nuts, whatever - get one, and use it to retrieve your allen wrench - i have one in my pocket at work all day putting on bumpercovers, and working under the hood are prime suspects for needing an extension magnet -
Paul Perreca

 

[Paul Perreca]

actually when i was putting my headers on, i lined the engine bay w/ magnet trays because they are so hard to handle sometimes - than one fell n hit no magnet tray and was lost, so i stuck the extension magnet in there and just kept moving it around until it got heavier - and there was my bolt.
Paul Perreca

 

[Daniel50]

yeah but you should see where the allan wrench dropped. i had to push it out the back of the lower intake manifold cuz i could barely fit a finger down in there.

 

[89CopCoupe]

It's pretty obvious that engineers don't work on the cars, yet if you'll ever notice the "elite" attitude of many engineers.

I do all my own work.
I think it's the top brass you should gripe about ...
Engineers are not given ample time to do everything right, because the greed people of the company want it done "right now" ...
An engineer would rather have it work well and be a b**ch for the tech than to devote the allotted time to make it easy for a tech and fail constantly ...

Of course there are engineers that are in the field because mommy and daddy sent them to school to be a title rather than a talent

 

[90mustangGT]

I do all my own work.
I think it's the top brass you should gripe about ...
Engineers are not given ample time to do everything right, because the greed people of the company want it done "right now" ...
An engineer would rather have it work well and be a b**ch for the tech than to devote the allotted time to make it easy for a tech and fail constantly ...

Of course there are engineers that are in the field because mommy and daddy sent them to school to be a title rather than a talent

You have a point. I am sure there are deadlines which make "optimal" impossible. I guess at the same time, things not being practical keeps me employed because if everything was so easy, anyone could do it. Also, some things that would be simple, call for a lot of labor for the PITA factor. So in a way, thanks for making me a lot of money.

So from a professional point of view:
From a nome garage point of view:

 

[89CopCoupe]

From a garage gnome point of view:

... I know, I still direct my curses towards engineers ... some of the things that are done are so f'n moronic These are the "have a degree , yet no talent stools

 

[RYC CUKR]

I changed out an FPR one time with the upper intake on. From now on I will pull the upper whenever working on an FPR. takes all of about 5 or 10 minutes to pull the upper off and then another ten minutes or so to change out the fpr and then slap the upper back on and your done.