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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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when workin on cars

my least favortie thing is cleaning gaskets
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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when workin on cars

my least favortie thing is cleaning gaskets
Retrieving dropped sockets which always seem to find the most ungodly difficult places to come to rest.
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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my least favorite wpould be cleaning anything hence...the way my engine looks
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 01:05 PM
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seized nuts/bolts really bother the hell out of me
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If you have a compressor...I strongly suggest the red right angle tool on top shown here. Called a die grinder or DA with a cookie/biscuit on it.
These make very short work of gaskets. Only thing to be careful of is aluminium.

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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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haven't had the car too long... but what i have done to it, and its a bit more of a pain, is waxing it!!! there'* like 3 times more surface area to wax then my Jeep Wrangler had...

i really underestamated the time involved...
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SSsuperchargedEi
seized nuts/bolts really bother the H*** out of me
I'm with you there, and also when I can't find the bolt holding something on or I can't get to it without going thru 50 other ones first (like the power steering line in a '95 Monte )
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My hatred would probably be the freqency in which we have intermittent problems.

Electrical typically.
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I hate dealing with removing/reinstalling little screws in hard to reach places.

Namely, the TPS screws on the bottom side of a SI L67. Those things fell out of my hands so many times.......
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Keeping the engine bay clean. I've given up on it. Its dirty as heck but it doesnt mean that it doesn't tick like a swiss watch.
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