i'll repeat.......
ENGINEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!only had 2 vehicles that needed to be done today at work. easy, right?
NOT!!
1)98 F250superduty, 7.3 powerstroke turbodeisel. this friggin engine actually had a MISFIRE!!!!
so what fixed it? a new valve cover gasket
, a new under valvecover gasket wiring harnes, and a new injector(also under the valve cover.)hours of waiting for parts, and hours of disassembly, just to replace a lousy injector. ontop of that, i had to buy a special tool to remove the injector with. who the heck decided that the old mechanical injection, that's been on 7.3's for YEARS wasn't good enough anymore? sheesh!
2)98 montecarlo. needed a power brake booster. can't find one anywhere, not even the dealer. finally one of my parts houses finds it. problem? 3 HOURS to r&r it!!!! why? because some engineer decided that although simply
bolting the booster to the firewall has worked for 50 years, it wasn't good enough. so thisone has a lock tab, which requiers a special tool to remove it. i couldn't find the tool, so i had to spend an hour or so making one. get the old out, after removing cooling and fuel lines, and of course i had to remove the mastercylinder and abs unit too. new one comes, and is wrong.
sorry for ranting, but it's been such a fun day, i thoughi'd share.