The nessesary, but hated.

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The nessesary, but hated.

May 04, 2010, 02:51:57 PM

Well we have all had those things that we don't want to do to our cars but is needed. Or maybe we want it but we have to wait too long to get it. So what was/is your most hated thing about building your car?

Lol mine is right now. Waiting to get enough money saved up to get my engine a complete clean up. Lol the cylinder walls are officially not needing any work, but there is about 1/4 inch of sludge everywhere! :(

The nessesary, but hated.

Reply #1 – May 04, 2010, 10:54:01 PM

Making panels that you can't buy.(or find)

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Reply #2 – May 04, 2010, 11:01:55 PM

actually,overall,it's been great to work on.My most hated part is the constant waiting to find parts,get enough money for parts,and again,finding parts.Our cars are getting harder and harder to find nice pieces for.

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Reply #3 – May 04, 2010, 11:07:17 PM

Everything on my car that has to be hand-built....which is just about all of it.

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Reply #4 – May 04, 2010, 11:16:14 PM

Right now I'm putting off two things:

1.) I need to jerk the driveshaft off and send it in to get balanced.
2.) Need to swap out to a new oil pan. My oil pan is leaking around the drain plug. Its a long story but I pulled the motor to refresh and do the HO swap...then once everything was back in and I changed the oil, the threads broke in the pan. I made a redneck "patch" and welded it to the pan. While welding I burned a tiny hole that I then jb welded. To make a long story short, my redneck temporary fix is starting to leak.

The main reason I have not attempted to fix these items is $$$$. I am in the process of buying the house I have been renting off my cousin for the last 3 yrs, and I really don't have any money to spend on the car right now.

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Reply #5 – May 04, 2010, 11:51:05 PM

People that try to sell these cars for blue book wrecked and in overall bad condition.

I hate the fan setup. I have thought about going to an electric fan, only because of how hard it is to get the fan on and back off. Another thing is time to get it fixed. I would very much like to do my oilpan gasket. I had a timing chain cover gasket go out on me. After doing the timing chain I had to redo the front of the oil pan gasket and didn't do it quite right. Would love to do a rear main and fix some of the vacuum lines that are broken.

All said though, been one of the most reliable 20+ year old cars that you can drive. I've been driving 150+ miles a day for the last 4 months. I have only had to do the yoke and one u-joint. Other then that, I have only had a day or two's down time with the car including my wreck. And I was able to push all of that till the weekend.

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Reply #6 – May 05, 2010, 02:40:02 AM

My most-hated thing is that I set a deadline to have it on the road, licensed, insured, legal, etc, by June 1st of this year...or it's going to be for sale.

Seeing that I have 26 days left, and still a lot to do....

Doubt I'll sell it, but I was looking forward to a summer of fun with it before the kids take the rest of the tiny amount of free time that I DO have.

Money, time, and motivation. Too bad they're never in abundance all at the same goded time.

:hick:

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Reply #7 – May 05, 2010, 07:16:19 AM

I can't stand when I take an interest in a car that I am trying to get the money for, it gets sold. It makes me lose interest in trying again.

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Reply #8 – May 05, 2010, 11:19:25 AM

the worst part of my build has been working outside and trying to hunt down parts to make the thing run. then the city coming and saying move it or we will take it and send you a bill right when I am to the point of almost having it done. so now its sitting in storage where I can't do much with it :(

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Reply #9 – May 05, 2010, 12:49:45 PM

I remember changing out the 5.0 oil pump in the convertible back in '99 with no electricity, by flashlight, on ramps. The only saving grace was that it was inside a garage with a cement floor. The rest of the ordeal sucked big time. Because there wasn't enough light (flashlights were dying at that point), I couldn't see very well to get the oil pump driveshaft back in correctly, and it frustrated me, so I installed it by feel alone without the catch just to get it done. To this day the distributor is a tooth or two off, and if I remove it...PING goes the driveshaft into the pan.

So yeah...I'd have to say that's about the piest job that I have to look forward to.

But combined with a dragging rear caliper, a mysterious driveline imbalance, and the never-quite-correct AOD shifting, it's just one of many issues on that car.

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Reply #10 – May 05, 2010, 03:42:40 PM

Quote from: EricCoolCats;320768

I remember changing out the 5.0 oil pump in the convertible back in '99 with no electricity, by flashlight, on ramps. The only saving grace was that it was inside a garage with a cement floor. The rest of the ordeal sucked big time. Because there wasn't enough light (flashlights were dying at that point), I couldn't see very well to get the oil pump driveshaft back in correctly, and it frustrated me, so I installed it by feel alone without the catch just to get it done. To this day the distributor is a tooth or two off, and if I remove it...PING goes the driveshaft into the pan.

So yeah...I'd have to say that's about the piest job that I have to look forward to.

But combined with a dragging rear caliper, a mysterious driveline imbalance, and the never-quite-correct AOD shifting, it's just one of many issues on that car.

shiznit! I thought someone did all your work?. Is that the white one? It's a bitch to change pumps in the car, light or no light.

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Reply #11 – May 05, 2010, 08:57:25 PM

...I always dread a heater core replacement, but after the wife reminded me it's time for my yearly physical ( rubber glove mandatory) , I'll do a core replacement every day gladly to avoid the the second repair! LOL :hick:

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Reply #12 – May 05, 2010, 09:47:24 PM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;320754

My most-hated thing is that I set a deadline to have it on the road, licensed, insured, legal, etc, by June 1st of this year...or it's going to be for sale.

Seeing that I have 26 days left, and still a lot to do....

Doubt I'll sell it, but I was looking forward to a summer of fun with it before the kids take the rest of the tiny amount of free time that I DO have.

Money, time, and motivation. Too bad they're never in abundance all at the same goded time. :hick:

Funny, I did the same thing. Only problem is, my car is in pieces 700 miles away. So even if I wanted to sell it... I can't. I have a new plan though... if this doesn't work it's a gonner.

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Reply #13 – May 05, 2010, 09:49:36 PM

Anything that involves lowering and replacing the gas tank. Especially when 3/4 full w/ no siphon. Eeeesh.

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Reply #14 – May 05, 2010, 11:39:29 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;320827

Anything that involves lowering and replacing the gas tank. Especially when 3/4 full w/ no siphon. Eeeesh.

Agreed. That SUCKS! lol Even when i siphoned it it still had prolly 6 gallons that i couldnt get out.... what a waste. Stupid fuel pump went out right when i was headed for a nice day in the city.