Funny, anyone else?

cyberstang5.0 · 09-25-2002, 07:35 AM

Take deep breaths.....

I love working on cars, and getting my hands dirty. All I think about it racing. But it seems that if I do something pretty involved, it's a big ordeal. For example, I am in the middle of replacing my rear main seal. I started Sat morning, and I got every off up to the bell houseing within 2 hours. There was ONE freaking bolt that would not come off. It took me the rest of the day sat, all day sunday, and the last half of the day tuesday to get this one bolt off. We finally got it off with an extractor. I messed the bolt up pretty bad. After Sat, I was seriously thinking about giving up working on cars for the rest of my life.

As soon as I got the bolt off last night, I was in cloud nine, and it only took me 15 mins to get the bell houseing, clutch, pressure plate, flywheel and rear main seal off, and to put the new one on.

BTW: It's hard work doing stuff by yourself, with ONLY hand tools laying on your back... but when your done, it feels so good.

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09-25-2002, 07:35 AM	#2
cyberstang5.0 347ci of HORSE POWER!!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,416	Take deep breaths..... I love working on cars, and getting my hands dirty. All I think about it racing. But it seems that if I do something pretty involved, it's a big ordeal. For example, I am in the middle of replacing my rear main seal. I started Sat morning, and I got every off up to the bell houseing within 2 hours. There was ONE freaking bolt that would not come off. It took me the rest of the day sat, all day sunday, and the last half of the day tuesday to get this one bolt off. We finally got it off with an extractor. I messed the bolt up pretty bad. After Sat, I was seriously thinking about giving up working on cars for the rest of my life. As soon as I got the bolt off last night, I was in cloud nine, and it only took me 15 mins to get the bell houseing, clutch, pressure plate, flywheel and rear main seal off, and to put the new one on. BTW: It's hard work doing stuff by yourself, with ONLY hand tools laying on your back... but when your done, it feels so good.