Its days like today......

[Chuckman]

that i start to dislike working on cars. my cars been overheating lately, so i got a frpp aluminum rad, new tstat, etc and started throwing em on today. got the old rad out, the shroud painted (it was sticking out like a sore thumb), and started taking the tstat housing off, well the bottom bolt came out with a bit of persuasion, but the top one broke the head off. thats really no bid deal, there was enough of it left to grab it with some vice grips, but as i was doing that, i noticed that the outside of the ear for the bolt hole was completly gone, taking the bottom half of the threads for the bolt with it. luckily i have a bud at work who's got a cobra intake that hes been trying to get rid of, so i might buy it off him monday (ive always been of the philosophy of if it breaks, upgrade it). sorry for the long rant, but it just irks me that every time i try to do something simple, something goes wrong and i end up spending 3x the time to get the car driveable again.

i guess this is why i didnt go to school to be a mechanic.

 

[MustangOwner]

never get down on yourself when doing a mod or repair. Cause as soon as you start hating doing it, it only gets worse. You start to screw up cause your mad and brake the bolt and cut your finger and so on... I just laugh when a bolt is being a bastard when it won't come out. One way or another, you'll get the job done. I like ripping apart and modifying stuff. But only cause its my stuff lol.

 

[Shakerhood]

It happens all the time, I pulled the Skid Plates off my Truck last week so I could change all my Fan Belts and I noticed the entire bottom of the engine had a reddish powder all over it. Ends up my Thermostat Housing was leaking, so I ordered a new Thermostat and Housing.

 

[grey5.0beast]

I have bad luck with bolts too. I have broken so many I can't even count. 3 of my fuel rail bolts are fubared. 2 of my rear housing bolts are gone b/c I snapped the heads off.

 

[Chuckman]

i guess i could look at it as a good excuse for an upgrade......

its just one of those things where things are going good, then crap hits the fan and you go bitch on the net a bit.

now i just gotta decide if i want to pay $150 for a cobra intake thats supposedly been welded and needs a upper to lower bolt thread helicoiled, or if i should get the used tfs intake off ebay for $300....decisions decisions.......

 

[MustangOwner]

i guess i could look at it as a good excuse for an upgrade......

its just one of those things where things are going good, then crap hits the fan and you go bitch on the net a bit.

now i just gotta decide if i want to pay $150 for a cobra intake thats supposedly been welded and needs a upper to lower bolt thread helicoiled, or if i should get the used tfs intake off ebay for $300....decisions decisions.......

lol if you bitch about things not going right then you def don't want to buy a ****ed up intake that needs work. Buy a new one or a nice used one that is in Perfect condition.

 

[Chuckman]

lol if you bitch about things not going right then you def don't want to buy a ****ed up intake that needs work. Buy a new one or a nice used one that is in Perfect condition.

exactly what i was thinking, though i didnt know about that part until i called him up yesterday. i think im gonna try for a nice tfs intake, anybody know who has em cheaper than summit?