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I swapped motors, changed CV joints, replaced my radiator, but I must say, the hardest thing I've ever done on any car was....
REPLACING THE REAR BRAKES!!
Nothing compares to that! I spent 2 hours on 1 horse-shoe clip for the E-brake, and getting everything bad together was crazy hard without the right tools.
I definitely agree with the fact that these are some of the most difficult drum brakes out there. I thought changing the high pressure power steering hose was pretty tough. My second timing belt change turned into an ordeal as well. I find that so many years go by before something has to be done again that it's often like doing it for the first time all over again.
Well, I've done many drum brakes, and these are esspecially difficult! In my Samurai, I can change the whole thing; wheel cylinder and all in about 20 minutes. I haven't replaced a timing belt yet, but if it is like all the other Honda's/FWD cars, then I could only imagine it's pretty hard.
For me the hardest was doing the swap from A/T to 5 speed, the trans. swap was a breeze since we we;re installing my rebuilt eng. at the time. It was those damm pedals that was a pain to do
Lol. Putting the engine in was easy... Wiring was a different story!
Man it's nice to enjoy wiring! I wish I had a harness to work on right now, but making all the special links and axles to get a B16 in would be extra hard.
iv striped a whole 3g down even lifted out a block and still the hardest thing i have done was install the transmission
the hardest thing ive done to it was replacing the speedometer cable {for previous owner}.......... something i planed 20min for took 3 hours. after i called in reinforcements, so i could stay under the dash while they fished it thru the cluster, it was cake.
rear brakes on these cars arent that bad to me, can do both side in 30min.
Hardest thing for me would be the coolant hoses under the intake manifold. After that it would be the transmission. Rear brakes are a breeze when you have rear discs:D.
The hardest thing ive probably done in my opinion was to replace my whole rack n pinion (( spelling? )) steering system.. they just barely make enough room to fit it in there.. it was a real crapper..
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Lets see, Swapping OEM carbs was a PITA. Vacuum trees and all in the way. The nuts on the bottom of the intake manifold flange suck. But the only thing I have actually failed at was changing the O2 sensor. No good way to get a wrench on the damn thing or have any throw when you do. But since I've changed to the weber I don't need it anymore and definately won't after I get a header.
I bet now you can do it an about two hours. That is how I am now, first time it took me 8 hours to do it by myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by 86ccord
yeah man, that was a real PITA, it was only my dad and i doing it.. it sucked ass...Quote:
Originally Posted by russiankid
I didn't think you could replace those hoses unless the motor was out :P
The ones under the intake? Heh, the one running to the carb with the bypass valve was not to hard. I had my brother look at the hose and clamp from up top and he would tell me where to put put the pliers to get the clamp off. The hose behind the water pump required the removal of the water pump pulley, moving the alternator back(firewall) as far as possible, then removing the alternator bracket and having a nightmare getting the clamp off as it faces upward. Eventually my brother and I got tired of the clamp and cut the hose off, and some how it just came right off. Installation was probably the easiest part, even the clamp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass Man
Overall, it is worth it. Now I don't worry about those hoses, the old ones were dry rotted.
aligning the headlights toe be 100% perfect on a 3g thats been crashed :rant:
rust removal also sucks if you want to do it right for $0
This amuses me for some reason. For just about everyone I know the most difficulty they have had in repairing their cars was either finding a Starbucks close by or figuring out how to pay the shop. We should all feel very good about being members of a dying breed - the repair culture.
I don't trust anyone else to do repairs. I pay close attention to detail to make sure everything is done right.Quote:
Originally Posted by DBMaster
Amen to that!Quote:
Originally Posted by DBMaster
I always have more time than money. This is also the reason I say I will never get rid of this car. I know how to fix it.
Hardest thing ive done that should have been easy but instead of buying dry Ice I did it by hand, was chipping out all of the sound deadening in the trunk/under the rear seat. In combined days it probably took me about 4 complete days. Then I used dry ice on the rest of the car and it took like 2 hours. XD
i did the backseat one yesterday took me about a hour with a scarper and no dry ice :| and it only took me like 30mins to do the trunkQuote:
Originally Posted by mushroom_toy
anything under the dash would qualify :burn:
the hardest thing Ive done that took me way longer that it should have was removing and installing the intake manifold with the head still in the car.
By far the B20A swap. Started from scratch
The rear drum brakes are definitely up there with hard things to do. The clutch wasn't hard, but man was it tedious. Took us 2 full days because it was 20F outside, and we had no garage heater then.
Wheel bearings are little bundles of joy, also.
gonna have to say the bottom bolts from the intake manifold. man, that was huge PITA!!
