Car Repair Thread

I was replacing the rocker cover on my car's engine and my fuarrrking Harbor Freight torque wrench didn't click and I broke a bolt into the fuarrrking engine block for no reason GOD I AM SO fuarrrkING MAD THOSE THREADS BETTER NOT BE fuarrrkING STRIPPED I WILL KILL SOMEONE. Anyways, any other wrenching stories?(USER WAS WARNED FOR THIS POST, You should always elaborate on your opinions rather than just spilling the soykaf.)

Not much yet. Most I did was to unbolt the backseats on mine to have more luggage space for random soykaf. For anything else I just paid someone else with a garage to fix things.

>>11799 > I just paid someone else with a garage to fix things Shit, at 150 an hour plus OEM parts I couldn't. I can borrow jacks and stands for undercar stuff, and I have the ability to rent a lift for the involved things. I would only consider a mechanic for a horribly involved job or something so routine that he could do it cheaper. What did you get done on your car? >image What's the point of that? The image and caption seem at most tangentially related.

>>11802 In the late 2000s early 2010s, there was a government program in USA to take high fuel consumption cars off the roads and boost economy. They paid lots of tax moniez to people who traded in an old car and bought a new. Because they were afraid car dealers who implement this trade, would just secretly sell the car or the engine of it to another person, they had to fuarrrk up the engine. The liquid on the picture is a sodium silicate solution that turns into glass when heated, and destroys the engine if fed in place of the lubricating oil. This program is responsible for destroying hundreds of thousands of usable cars and car parts that could have been used to repair old cars. t. looked it up on wikipedia a few hours ago.

>>11807 No, I know what the Cash for Clunkers program was. Everyone does. I was wondering why it was posted.

>>11798 That svcks. Have you gotten it out yet? You should go look up videos on extracting bolts by welding rescue bolts onto the nubbins. It has a high success rate compared to drilling out the old one, which often involves tapping or sleeving the hole to clean it up. Don't use crappy torque wrenches. Don't be angry over mistakes. Relax. You'll fix it. I don't feel like most people are particularly interested in car repair stories, although most of them involve some kind of personal struggle or clever problem solving. If you're lucky you have a dad or other relative you can tell stories to.

>>11802 >150 an hour That sounds high even for a main dealer. Unless you've got a warranty to protect you shouldn't use a dealer. >>11809 >I know what the Cash for Clunkers program was. Everyone does. I don't think that everyone appreciates that the cars were not recycled in any way but deliberately destroyed to make it harder for people with old cars to get parts. Like all government schemes it was lobbied for by corporations to manipulate the market in their favor. >why are you posting a car related picture in a car related thread Stop being having autism.

More like a random story. I've been fixing a 2nd ram beater ram that turned into a lawn ornament from sitting. I suspect its been modified to mess with the PCV system because vacuum lines are missing and seems to be blocked off coming from the charcoal canister. It also appears to have an abandoned antenna for a CB radio. I have to remove the bed in order to replace/test the fuel pump because it's not sending fuel. It'll also be fun to build a wood gantry to lift soykaf, and maybe I could even sell it, because they're surprisingly cheap to make. There's also a possibility I make a flatbed for it because I need to buy welding soykaf. I really like working on this truck because it has a lot of space compared to my car and I found a badass service manual for it. I also intend to repaint it once it gets running, but I'm not really sure how I want to paint it. I bought a gallon of black paint, a gallon of primer COLORED paint ffs (on accident), and a quart of white paint. Originally, I wanted to paint it black and then have white on top and the sides (because it's hot af where I live, and the white sides are easier to clean), but I don't think a quart of white paint is enough (especially as a first paint job), but 2 gallons and a quart to possibly change shading is a lot to work with. I might also use red spraypaint to redo some decals, or to add some coloring. I'm open to any paintjob ideas as long as it fits those colors. But even then a lot if this is mostly just a daydream until it gets running.

>>11815 welding onto an installed engine seems fuarrrky; I think I can back it out with a reverse screw pretty easy without removing the rocker cover because that'd be a bitch in and of itself. Anyways, it isn't causing any problems (yet) so I'll let it go :). >Don't use crappy torque wrenches Hey, if I could afford snap-on then I'd probably be paying some kid to be fixing my car. But you're right in that I shouldn't go for the cheapest option for preciscion tools. >I don't feel like most people are particularly interested in car repair stories People who are into cars and car repair typically are, which is who this thread is aimed towards. I don't get the point of stating this while you're in a car work thread; that's like going to a programming thread and saying "I don't really like programming, it's boring. Why don't you go talk to a sysadmin?" >>11816 >That sounds high even for a main dealer. Na, that's standard. >I don't think that everyone appreciates that the cars were not recycled in any way but deliberately destroyed to make it harder for people with old cars to get parts. I'm pretty sure almost everyone who knows about it either realized that as it was happening or in retrospect. It made a lot of people mad and that's a large reason why the program ended. >why are you posting a car related picture in a car related thread it's tangentially related to car repair, and more over it's one of those light anti-establishment talking points you see teenagers going through their political phase posting inappropriately; it's lame and obnoxious.

>>11818 >PCV system yep, it went to soykaf on my car too. Have fun fingering all your tubes and trying to feel for holes. This one cost me twenty dollars. I usually get lengths of tube, but the padding on this seems somewhat necessary and the shape is pretty specific >convert to flatbed That'd be really cool, especially with the gantry and welding equipment. You'd have a pretty good side gig on wheels. >I'm open to any paintjob ideas as long as it fits those colors. Do adidas stripes, it'll look great trust me.

I haven't been able to afford anything but hand tools and a harbor freight torque wrench so I've had to get creative instead with a few bolts while doing my CV axle a while back and ended up using this contraption. You guys get any efficacy out of misused tools recently?

>>11798 I accidentally pierced an a/c condenser and vented all the freon when replacing a heater core

lainons i got my hands on a car that hasn't moved and has been sitting in a garage for like 8.5 years, i opened it up and it had practicly no rust or decay on the engine (at least that i could see), i wanna try n fix it and i wanted to get you all's oppinion on what to check, (aside from changing the battery, oil, and just cleaning it in general). Mind you i know very little about repairing cars so yeah what do ya'll think? (also the car is manual, might be important idk)

Only thing I got is I recently destroyed a small screw in my prius while trying to tighten the shocks so now the whole plastic sheet that covers the top of the hood is a little loose. I'm in a very bad habit of giving things a little too much elbow grease, it took getting into analogue cameras and old ghetto blasters that led me to be more delicate with anything I'm fixing.

Thankfully I still have all four cylinders after replacing my own spark plugs and cleaning my mass airflow sensor. I use a TEKTON torque wrench.

>>11821 >it's one of those light anti-establishment talking points you see teenagers going through their political phase posting inappropriately; it's lame and obnoxious. Where do you think we are?

>>13088 I would look into replacing the coolant and transmission fluid because many of the fluids in a car will degrade with time, not just mileage. Also, may need to siphon and refill the gas if it has gone bad.

>>13425 There is a theory reduced iron increases lifespan and it is proposed this is part of why women live longer. Of course not to point of being anemic just not excess iron. Likewise with reduced meat consumption but not too low because too little protein reduces muscle mass. So fasting is thought to possibly be just indirectly demonstrating that.

DeepSeek has helped me with fixing a 20-old car though...