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[Marks DTM Calib]

Cant think of anything to bad......but yes, the previous bodges are always the worst thing to deal with.

[Varche]

Dispack
ABS ECU
Ex. fanimold
Thermostat barsteward bolt.
ATF change.
Gearbox swap (its ferkin eavy)
Why do we bother ?

This car
Dis pack twice
ABS ECU once but after 4 years it is failing and needs doing again
passenger side ex manifold
Thermostat B bolt
Gearbox twice (but sanity retained only by assistance from Omegatoy)

Heater matrix

 

I will be opening the OOF academy soon for "sun sea and sangria" and the opportunity to fault find, practice on simple jobs like these mentioned above. Just need a few cheap V6 Minifacelift Elites for suckers students to work on.

[TheBoy]

Replacing a 2.5TD engine, leaving the gearbox in situ on the car

[Pitchfork]

Cleaning off the Pigeon Sh..............!

[cem_devecioglu]

rear bushes, left side exhaust manifold gasket, heater matrix (as above) etc etc..

[Sixstring]

Looking at the lists, and thinking about the manifold gaskets and rear donuts I have yet to do, but imminent.........

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I always find the worst job is always the next one I have to do on the miggy, or any car....................until I get on with it and just to whatever is necessary!

[feeutfo]

Cleaning off the Pigeon Sh..............!

pigeons? we must have eagles condors and teradactils round Slough. Regular bombing runs straight accross the car park. 

[Pitchfork]

Cleaning off the Pigeon Sh..............!

pigeons? we must have eagles condors and teradactils round Slough. Regular bombing runs straight accross the car park. 

Pterodactyls - Having worked in Slough for 25 years that figures since there are many Neanderthals living there too

[tidla]

the actual jobs I don't mind doing ...... it's wading through previous bodges that annoys me. Especially on anything that's been in Police service.

On a new police car, I pretty much immediately book a week-long "ex-piggery" event with it.

worst bodges :-

broken dual vertical air intake ducting
incorrectly-routed pipework in the vee
and my personal favourite, incorrectly-routed crank position sensor wiring

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is that incorrectly routed by gm or still too damn close to the exhaust

[feeutfo]

Cleaning off the Pigeon Sh..............!

pigeons? we must have eagles condors and teradactils round Slough. Regular bombing runs straight accross the car park. 

Pterodactyls - Having worked in Slough for 25 years that figures since there are many Neanderthals living there too

close, couldn't be arsed to google it.

one or too in Reading as well.

[karlc]

 must be in the minority my ex plod 3.2 doesn't seem to have been butchered in same way others have perhaps lincs police actually look after their cars!!!!

[Sixstring]

Not too hard a job.......but a pain, is the "warm armpit" oil change syndrome....................on a V6.

or the "rounded off" paper element oil filter casing job.  Nice.

[Richie London]

ht leads are easy in my opinion, once you know how and so is auto box fluid and gasket change. havent had to do anything major yet, thats where a fire comes in handy 

everythings a learning game and patience

[Squealey]

Doing the Head Gasket on a 2.5TD, getting it back together and running like a dream only to discover it was faulty and leaked I cannot put into words the complete and utter feeling of dejection I had at that point and I (honestly) put very serious thought into scrapping the bloody thing and buying a Rover 75.

Thankfully I saw the light and tackled it all over again, and in less than quarter of the time it took me originally. I really enjoyed it too!!!!

So, not really in the top ten of worse jobs, sorry to waste your time