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Dell (WA) 11-12-2009 18:26:46 172.193.21.120 740916 Report to Moderator	Just spent 3-hrs lying upside down under a car dash, with arms over my head, replacing and ty-rapping a water temp readout wire. I couldn't see where I was tie wrapping, it was all by braille. And on top of it all, I BROKE the water heater temp control knob. (thank goodness for supper glue and J&B Weld, eh?) My shoulders hurt; my stomach hurts; my wrists hurt; my back hurts; and I shouldn't have had that chili burger fer lunch. Urrupp!!! Think I'm gittin' old. Where's the Tramadol or Ibuprofen??? ......Dell [Reply]   [Send Email]
gahorN 11-13-2009 10:04:53 64.237.123.140 740985 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to ZANE, 11-12-2009 18:26:46   Has anyone got a secret method for changing the spin-on oil filter on a 2005 Buick 3.1 V-6 without causing an electrical fire? (I'd like to get my hands on the guy who put it immediatley adjacent to a bare stud on the starter cable, and recessed so as to require a filter-wrench.) :evil: ( edit: This was a rhetorical question. I know I can disconnect the battery and lose all the computer service data and progamming of the radio, etc.. ) This post was edited by gahorN at 10:06:32 11/13/09.   [Reply]   [No Email]
NOXJohn 11-13-2009 13:53:01 67.234.168.0 741006 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to gahorN, 11-13-2009 10:04:53   Get some of the liquid stuff that is sold to coat tool handles and coat the bare stud. It will be insulated so there will be no sparks when you hit it with the oil filter. It peels off, some times not very easy, if you ever need to work on the stud. Spray with parts cleaner to get gunk off before coating.   [Reply]   [No Email]
ZANE 11-13-2009 08:03:42 64.12.116.20 740977 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dell (WA), 11-12-2009 18:26:46   I've got a gas gauge in my 53 Chev truck that's been needing to be replaced for about 15 years. Sounds to me like you know your stuff. I'll put you up free room and board if you'll come do mine!!! Talladega AL. Zane   [Reply]   [No Email]
Jerry Kirkpatrick 11-13-2009 07:01:13 66.21.193.6 740970 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to drm501, 11-12-2009 18:26:46   Dell, it wasn't the chili burger for lunch, but rather, the glue you had for supper that did you in...(grin)! Seriously, I think automotive manufacturers have a special department where they work very hard to find the parts most likely to fail and build the vehicle around them. I long for my 1967 Opel Kadett s/w back...easiest vehicle outside of my 8N I've ever worked on. So much room under the hood that I used to wax the fenderwells and firewall on my duty weekends at Terminal Island...can you say "bored?"   [Reply]   [No Email]
old 11-12-2009 21:15:50 4.245.3.200 740948 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dell (WA), 11-12-2009 18:26:46   Your hurting is why I have always said the guy who engineers something should do that for 2 years then work on what he engineered for another 2 years and I'd bet they would change how they put things on paper and make them easier to work on. Like why is the fuse box under the dash instead of up where you can see the fuses so you can change them fast and easy   [Reply]   [Send Email]
osduck5 11-12-2009 19:05:50 71.80.67.83 740933 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dell (WA), 11-12-2009 18:26:46   getting the heads off a motor that sits back under the dash is almost as much fun. At least I got to lay across the nose and radiator so I could reach the bolts that held the intake on. When I got tired, I could take a nap and no one even knew but using the angle torque gauge to get the heads torqued back down was a bit of a trick under the cowl.   [Reply]   [No Email]
Dunk 11-12-2009 18:56:09 71.86.103.130 740929 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dell (WA), 11-12-2009 18:26:46   Well, Dell... Weekend before last, I and one of my Ole Lady's sons changed the heater core in my '88 Blazer.......... TWICE!!!!! First one leaked worse than the one that we replaced, it had a crack under a sitcker that said, Inspected by M1. Took it back to AutoZone, but it was the last one they had. Went to Orelie's and got one, it had the same Inspected by M1 sticker, but no crack. I sure was thankfull for the boy's help, I would have never gotten the bottom nuts under the hood, short of pulling the inner fender well. But then the good news, it only cost me $26, and 2 afternoons, I bet we could do it now in 1.5 hrs. A guy I work with had his go out on his F150, a week before that, and it cost him $800 to have a shop replace it. This post was edited by Dunk at 18:57:38 11/12/09.   [Reply]   [No Email]
Jim SC 11-12-2009 20:06:17 64.127.28.28 740944 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dunk, 11-12-2009 18:56:09   Just had an F 150 done at local shop. $563 bucks and that was about $150 less than the local Ford dealer quoted.   [Reply]   [Send Email]
KenInGA 11-12-2009 18:47:20 98.192.3.87 740924 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dell (WA), 11-12-2009 18:26:46   Dashboards are the reason I stick to tractors.   [Reply]   [No Email]
Colin King 11-12-2009 18:43:21 206.55.185.172 740920 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dell (WA), 11-12-2009 18:26:46   Under the dash work will make anybody sore regardless of age. Nasty place to work. Hope you feel better with a good night's rest. Colin, MN   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Tom N MS 11-12-2009 18:36:50 72.147.216.163 740918 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Dell (WA), 11-12-2009 18:26:46   Get off of your back before you do the Urrupp thing. Sounds like one of those projects Use to would have tackled but not now..bet I wouldn"t walk upright for days..good luck getting over all your aches--yep Ibuprofen is wonderful..   [Reply]   [Send Email]
R.M. In AL 11-13-2009 08:14:44 67.72.98.107 740978 Report to Moderator	Re: oof!!! in reply to Tom N MS, 11-12-2009 18:36:50   Tom thats funny.The reason is because I have been there sooo many time.I can just see you(or me) walking around Walmart half bent over because we have been under the dash working.One day I went to inspect a concrete plant and my back was out and the guy said"looks like you are a little outta line today..A few weeks latter he was outta line himself and in great pain.I could not but help but laugh at him the way he walked.He looked at me and said,"I can't believe you would laugh at me rofl.   [Reply]   [No Email]