Try changing fuel injectors on a 300 ZX Z32.
3 days of boring work, never again.
Thomas
Vicki Burrows wrote:
> Well, if you think these cars are hard to work on, try a modern front drive
>car! I spent two days NON-STOP (i.e. no sleep) changing the water pump, timing
> belt, CV boots and struts on my '95 Ford Probe GT. It did not help that I
>had not done it before, and I only had a manual for the sister car (Mazda MX6),
> and that there were subtle but significant differences between the cars (for
>example, you have to completely remove the drive shafts in order to remove the
> outer CV boot on the Ford... not so on the Mazda). There was just no room to
>do anything. To get at one thing, you had to remove 10 other things.
> EVERYTHING that could go wrong, did. I was thinking that when the time came
>I would do the clutch myself... not anymore. I will gladly pay someone else
> who has the knowledge, tools and experience. Now, the Roadster can piss you
>off sometimes, but at least you can get to just about everything (except maybe
> the starter... this is, until I cut out the triangle piece!)
> Greg Burrows
>
> Tom Hendricksen wrote:
>
> > Roman,
> >
> > Your not alone in feeling like you are a member of this department at
>times, I am right in there with you at times. Thankfully there is no dumb
> > question. I learned something I may really need later from the first
>answer to your question.
> >
> > One of the reasons that I bought third 2000, 29 years after my last one,
>was that I THOUGHT I understood the car and it would be easy to maintain. I
> > also like the attitude of a 2000. Fiat 124 Spyders are nice, and I once
>enjoyed one of those, but the car has no attitude. I owned the 124 between my
> > 68 and 70 2000's. THEY had attitude.
> >
> > After changing the starter twice, the engine once (when I get the gasket I
>still have to put the manifolds on to complete the change), and working on
> > things in general, I am learning that if there was something to design, the
>designers had nightmares about the problem and then created designs based on
> > those nightmares. So far I find these simple little cars are a real bear
>to work on in many areas. Either that, or I used to be a lot more limber than
> > I am now..... This list, and "dumb" questions from others and myself, has
>been a huge help ever since I picked up the first wrench and got my first
> > backache.
> >
> > Tom Hendricksen
> > 69 2000
> > Portland, Oregon
> >
> > Roman Rist wrote:
> >
> > > well I figured out 2 things.
> > >
> > > 1) boy, does a car run better when you change a fuel filter!
> > >
> > > still runs so so, but much better.
> > >
> > > 2) I figured out one of my roles on this list, I'm one of the guys that
>asks the dumb questions so the lurkers don't have to (avoiding embarrasment)
> > >
> > > bye,
> > >
> > > Roman
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