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[quote=”fordranger” post=47397]the old 4.3 blazer is another example of brillant enginering. the trailblazers ugh is all i have to say.[/quote]
I’m with you there! Pulling the steering shaft to replace spark plugs was annoying but the motor mount setup in those damn things will drive you insane. One trick I learned was to take the grinder and notch out the bottom edge of the lower hole so you can start the lower bolt a few threads in then slip the mount in between the engine and frame bracket
[quote=”fordranger” post=47397]the old 4.3 blazer is another example of brillant enginering. the trailblazers ugh is all i have to say.[/quote]
I’m with you there! Pulling the steering shaft to replace spark plugs was annoying but the motor mount setup in those damn things will drive you insane. One trick I learned was to take the grinder and notch out the bottom edge of the lower hole so you can start the lower bolt a few threads in then slip the mount in between the engine and frame bracket
1) Drum brakes – scientists have mapped a large portion of the human genome yet manufacturers still use tech from the 1900’s to stop vehicles…. Its 2013, STOP USING DRUM BRAKES ffs!
2) German cars – In the interest of making them advanced/smooth/whatever they have systematically screwed the average tech into the position of spending outrageous sums of money on specialized tools they will use 1-3 times. I personally have close to $750 worth of random “holders/lockouts/sockets/etc” for working on VW/Audi crap that live in their pristine packaging never again to see the light of day.
3) Heater Cores – huge PITA and time killer for something that could literally be a 1.0hr job if the designers/engineers had half a brain when they designed the system, I mean c’mon, how hard would it be to design in an access panel to remove the H/C without having to remove 65% of the interior?
1) Drum brakes – scientists have mapped a large portion of the human genome yet manufacturers still use tech from the 1900’s to stop vehicles…. Its 2013, STOP USING DRUM BRAKES ffs!
2) German cars – In the interest of making them advanced/smooth/whatever they have systematically screwed the average tech into the position of spending outrageous sums of money on specialized tools they will use 1-3 times. I personally have close to $750 worth of random “holders/lockouts/sockets/etc” for working on VW/Audi crap that live in their pristine packaging never again to see the light of day.
3) Heater Cores – huge PITA and time killer for something that could literally be a 1.0hr job if the designers/engineers had half a brain when they designed the system, I mean c’mon, how hard would it be to design in an access panel to remove the H/C without having to remove 65% of the interior?