Thread: Whats the most difficult (stupid,poor engineering,assxxxxx) thing you've run across??

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Originally Posted by aahx2011

I am sure everyone has come across something that we would have like to see designed better, for instance I recenty changed the belt tensioner on a friends Dodge Neon srt4. I litteraly had to remove the motor and transmission mounts to lower the motor enough to get the tensioner off of the car.
Some years ago I had to change the evaporator core on a Ford Escort sits right behind the stereo, one problem you have to remove the stereo and the mounting supports for the stereo that are welded to the floor board of the car. Thus it required cutting and welding just to fix this poor girls A/C system. Installed a $70.00 part and took and booked for 12 hours.

Several years ago, I bought a brand new '94 Nissan Quest to use in our courier service in the Phoenix area. It was mostly a good vehicle and I did most of the routine maintenance myself. It developed a coolant leak from a hose that was in between the cylinder banks and I didn't feel like fooling with it, so I took it to the dealer. It cost me a little over $1,400 to replace that hose, as the tech had to almost completely disassemble the motor to get to it. Ask me if I wanted to have my hands around the engineer's neck!!!!!

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Several years ago, I bought a brand new '94 Nissan Quest to use in our courier service in the Phoenix area. It was mostly a good vehicle and I did most of the routine maintenance myself. It developed a coolant leak from a hose that was in between the cylinder banks and I didn't feel like fooling with it, so I took it to the dealer. It cost me a little over $1,400 to replace that hose, as the tech had to almost completely disassemble the motor to get to it. Ask me if I wanted to have my hands around the engineer's neck!!!!!

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Ahhhh, The famous rusted out coolant tube under the intake. Dang cheapos, making that tube outa stainless would have cost a bunch of customers and mechanics a heck of less grief.

Originally Posted by HWORRELL

Ahhhh, The famous rusted out coolant tube under the intake. Dang cheapos, making that tube outa stainless would have cost a bunch of customers and mechanics a heck of less grief.

There's one just like it on Fords