Where does that bolt go again??

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

Um...... I had to tear all this out at work today so the body shop can straighten the 2002 X5 the customer smacked up. Hrm....I wonder if I will remember where it all goes in a month when the X5 gets back????? :eek: :cry:

http://www3.telus.net/gib_mcfragger/X5Guts1.png

http://www3.telus.net/gib_mcfragger/X5Guts2.png

[LORD-eX-Bu]

what did the customer do to the X5?

I hate working on cars:lol: Only thing I've had to do was swap engines and put in new transmissions which are a pain :D

I don't know how you can do it:p

how did you get that all out in one peice? did you reassemble it or did you peel the X5 off of it?!?:rofl

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

They made it go..............boom........ :eek:

http://www3.telus.net/gib_mcfragger/X5Closeup1.png

[LORD-eX-Bu]

:wtf:

did they take it off road or something?:p

BMW still rocks!:headbang:

[Phyre]

How much weight is in those bags to keep the thing balanced? Oh, wait. Make it a contest. Whoever gets the closest, you can get them an NV35. Just add it in on the cost for repair of the BMW. ;)

Phyre

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

No idea. Either way, it's bashola'd. $50,000 Canadian bashola'd to be exact. Ouch, that is one expensive accident.

[intercede007]

LOL!!!

Gib..you'll love this.

Clutch install on my friends Mustang. We can't get at the two upper bellhousing bolts. We got to the bellhousing around 3pm, and we worked with it until about 8:30. We broke 2 sockets; a 1/2" and a 13mm. Thankfully Craftsman has their little policy :D


http://www.mustangmods.com/data/1059/pissed1.jpg

http://www.mustangmods.com/data/1059/pissed2.jpg

You're a mechanic. Any advice on getting to the upper bellhousing bolts? They are ridiculous. We have jacked the engine up, we have let it down. We have used EVERY ratchet and EVERY extension and EVERY universal joing in increasingly bizarre combinations in an attempt to get the bolts free. We have 8 off. We need 2 for the bellhousing, and one easy one on the starter, and then we can get the flywheel reground and put it back together.

*sigh* So close yet so far.....

[intercede007]

Wow..just looked closer at the pics.

4.4i huh? Dang...I've always has a hankerin' for an X5 ever since they came out. Some people just don't need 290HP. Someone should find that salesman and tell him he should have sold the guy a 3.0i 225HP ;)

Or perhaps not. The more idiots there are with big, powerful cars, the more your services are in demand :D

[PsychoSy]

Grease monkeys, eh?

Do either of you charge an "anguish fee" for doing spark plug jobs on Ford Aerostars?

All the mechs here do!! :D :p

[LORD-eX-Bu]

I had to change the engine on one of those, I hate it I tell ya!:argh:

[vampireuk]

:eek: you poor man gib:D I've only done teeny bits of work on cars. I've done quite a bit of works with bikes, but they are smaller and a less easy to screw up:D

[intercede007]

Originally posted by PsychoSy
Grease monkeys, eh?

Do either of you charge an "anguish fee" for doing spark plug jobs on Ford Aerostars?

All the mechs here do!! :D :p

LOL!!

For you Psy? Case of Corona and I think I could call it even :beer:

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

Originally posted by intercede007
You're a mechanic. Any advice on getting to the upper bellhousing bolts? They are ridiculous. We have jacked the engine up, we have let it down. We have used EVERY ratchet and EVERY extension and EVERY universal joing in increasingly bizarre combinations in an attempt to get the bolts free. We have 8 off. We need 2 for the bellhousing, and one easy one on the starter, and then we can get the flywheel reground and put it back together.

*sigh* So close yet so far.....

Hrm, been a while since I have worked on a Rustang.

What I do at work to get at the upper bolts, on BMW's anyway, is remove the rear transmission crossmember and drop the arse of the transmission down as far as it will go then using a loooooooooooooooooooooooong extension and a socket, you can get the top bolts. Consider yourself lucky man, BMW uses inverted Torx for their tranny bolts..... :eek:

As for Aerostars, I have done many a spark plug on those. Evil...........very very evil. Try doing a steering rack on an All Wheel Drive Aerostar. The geniuses at Ford mount it INSIDE the front crossmember. Brillaint. :fu:

I wouldn't recomment having a contest based on the sandbag weight considering it is visible on the side of the bag on the left. They are 15kg each. :p

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

Here's a contest for you. This is a shot I took of our rear lot. Let's see who can identify the black car hidden behind the Cooper S. :afro:

http://www3.telus.net/gib_mcfragger/RearLot1.png

[Phyre]

Gib, my guess would be an old (not sure ont the year) Mustang Cobra.

Phyre

[vampireuk]

oh oh its a BMW!

What do I win?:angel:

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

Originally posted by Phyre
Gib, my guess would be an old (not sure ont the year) Mustang Cobra.

Phyre

Nope. ;)

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

Originally posted by vampireuk
oh oh its a BMW!

What do I win?:angel:

Oh Oh Oh....it's a car!! :lame: :D

[vampireuk]

Originally posted by -=Gib-McFragger=-
Oh Oh Oh....it's a car!! :lame: :D

Well Duh!:retard: :D

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

Keep guessing.... :p :D

[vampireuk]

I would say a Z3 but then I would be wrong, I'm not too familiar with the latest models. Kind of looks like a Jag from what I can see:D

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

Originally posted by vampireuk
I would say a Z3 but then I would be wrong, I'm not too familiar with the latest models. Kind of looks like a Jag from what I can see:D

Close.............wait....no you're not! :p :angel:

[vampireuk]

:mad: :mad: :mad:

http://www.vampireuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/flib.jpg

Its a horse drawn bloody cart:p

[-=Gib-McFragger=-]

LOL Yes! Yes it is!

Wait no........ :baaa::

[Phyre]

Damn't. Me and my half-assed-drunken stupor. Corvette Stingray?

Phyre