I Hate Allan Bolts And Ford!

Daniel50

New Member

Mar 30, 2005

716

1

0

Discovery Bay, CA

Jul 12, 2005

#1

• Jul 12, 2005

• #1

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

Fidanza Man!

Founding Member

Jan 14, 2001

6,819

64

129

New York

Jul 12, 2005

#2

• Jul 12, 2005

• #2

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.

 

N

notchlubber

Member

Jun 11, 2004

41

2

8

Jul 12, 2005

#3

• Jul 12, 2005

• #3

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

New Member

Mar 30, 2005

716

1

0

Discovery Bay, CA

Jul 12, 2005

#4

• Jul 12, 2005

• #4

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

 

z9_87

New Member

Apr 16, 2004

332

0

0

Urbana, IL

Jul 13, 2005

#5

• Jul 13, 2005

• #5

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

Banned

Feb 17, 2004

606

0

0

Post Count City

Jul 13, 2005

#6

• Jul 13, 2005

• #6

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

Overall though, these cars are designed well for wrenching on

 

N

nidyanazo

Banned

Mar 30, 2005

149

2

0

805 dawg

Jul 13, 2005

#7

• Jul 13, 2005

• #7

89CopCoupe said:

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

Overall though, these cars are designed well for wrenching on

Click to expand...

I agree fully.

 

Zero_chance

Founding Member

May 29, 2001

1,244

7

59

Maricopa, AZ

Jul 13, 2005

#8

• Jul 13, 2005

• #8

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

 

The Shape

Founding Member

Jan 11, 2002

2,224

8

49

East ARKANSAS Delta

Jul 13, 2005

#9

• Jul 13, 2005

• #9

Maybe pull the EGR for more arm room?

 

90mustangGT

I felt sorry for girls because

Founding Member

Jan 15, 2002

2,773

17

89

Dallas, GA

Jul 13, 2005

#10

• Jul 13, 2005

• #10

Zero_chance said:

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

Click to expand...

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

New Member

Mar 30, 2005

1,085

0

0

Jul 13, 2005

#11

• Jul 13, 2005

• #11

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

New Member

Mar 30, 2005

1,085

0

0

Jul 13, 2005

#12

• Jul 13, 2005

• #12

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

New Member

Mar 30, 2005

716

1

0

Discovery Bay, CA

Jul 13, 2005

#13

• Jul 13, 2005

• #13

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

Banned

Feb 17, 2004

606

0

0

Post Count City

Jul 13, 2005

#14

• Jul 13, 2005

• #14

90mustangGT said:

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

Click to expand...

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 felt sorry for girls because

Founding Member

Jan 15, 2002

2,773

17

89

Dallas, GA

Jul 13, 2005

#15

• Jul 13, 2005

• #15

89CopCoupe said:

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

Click to expand...

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

Banned

Feb 17, 2004

606

0

0

Post Count City

Jul 13, 2005

#16

• Jul 13, 2005

• #16

90mustangGT said:

From a garage gnome point of view:

Click to expand...

... 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

Founding Member

May 19, 2002

1,437

1

38

Orlando

Jul 14, 2005

#17

• Jul 14, 2005

• #17

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.