what part of working on your truck do you dislike ?

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » March 23, 2011, 7:47 pm

what job / maintenance do you put off until it absolutley has to be done ?
me..... its working on the brakes

if i can get by with topping off the fluid once a week & and pumping them to work....
im good to go... course... i live in Kansas.... kinda flat around here

i hate the smell and FEEL of brake fluid.....
but usually after i dive into it..... its never as bad as i imangined

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » March 23, 2011, 8:02 pm

Pat.
I hate anything that has to do with grease. I tolerate it, but I still hate it. And I hate anything I have to do over. Like my old auto shop instructor said, "If you don't have time to do it right, you better make time to do it over."

Brian Taylor · Post by **Brian Taylor** » March 23, 2011, 8:34 pm

Fixing someone elses mistake or bad work. Previous owners to be exact, I just had a couple hour clutch replacement turn into a 2 day pain in the accessories.

Post by **Greg D** » March 23, 2011, 8:46 pm

Rust,
I HATE rust!

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » March 23, 2011, 9:03 pm

Heavy gear oil. Rear ends and Trans. You smell like it for weeks and if you get it on a shirt...it will smell like it forever!

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » March 23, 2011, 9:04 pm

Oh...and struts...those are just a pain in the ass!

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » March 23, 2011, 9:23 pm

Washing cars!, once I`m started I`m OK!, but getting there isn`t good!

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » March 23, 2011, 9:46 pm

none of the maintenance issues really bother me.
but there are little details i need to do that i have not like fix trim and headliner.guess i just procrastinated as they did not affect driving.

one thing i will say is the older i get the less i like laying on the ground or hard concrete floor. was nice to work on the big 4x4 dumptruck because i could sit up.

Max · Post by **Max** » March 23, 2011, 10:22 pm

Lately, I've hated filling up the gas tank. For some reason it hurts the right side of my ass for the rest of the day. Same place I keep my wallet ironically.

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » March 23, 2011, 10:46 pm

Brakes and wiring (electrical issues) are #1 and #2 dislikes for me.

trueblue0409 · Post by **trueblue0409** » March 23, 2011, 10:58 pm

i cant stand fixing others patch work and sometimes having to adjust timing really gets me.

*motor*mount* · Post by ***motor*mount*** » March 23, 2011, 11:21 pm

Like Brian said fixing mistakes done by others. People that thought they knew what they wer doing and getting paid to do it would work on my moms car only to have a kid that was 12 years old go in behind them and refix it the rite way and all of the 60s model ford trucks I have had,I had to go back and undo a bunch of mistakes done by others.

BigMike · Post by **BigMike** » March 24, 2011, 7:37 am

I like doing everything on the truck, but for me getting started is a problem. I have pretty bad Adult ADHD and to undertake a project is a daunting task. Like my interior restoration. It took me three days to start but once I did, I was fine. I struggle the same way at work. That is why I'm writing this here instead of creating a powerpoint presentation for a meeting tomorrow.

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » March 24, 2011, 7:39 am

Max wrote:Lately, I've hated filling up the gas tank. For some reason it hurts the right side of my ass for the rest of the day. Same place I keep my wallet ironically.

3.39 for regular here....... they say it is going to go up

Post by **foodstick** » March 24, 2011, 10:59 am

body finish work.......

yuck..
I would rather be covered in rust, grease, sandblasting..ANYTHING , but I hate getting it ready to paint.

stronger66ratfink · Post by **stronger66ratfink** » March 24, 2011, 12:07 pm

Damn Max
you took my smart As,, remark

I'm leaving now
going to think of another

Leeroy · Post by **Leeroy** » March 24, 2011, 7:11 pm

I'm with uncle skip, grease is my nemesis. No matter how neat or tidy I am it always ends up on EVERYTHING and both my cars have white interiors!!!!

GRRRRR

Rust is #2 cause I can never stop it totally

Moose · Post by **Moose** » March 25, 2011, 7:45 am

Fixing the previous owners screwups! Spent a month trying to figure out what the PO of my 65 did to the turn signals.

But on the other hand, the custom drop that the owner before him did was just short of beautiful!

Moose

rwhistles · Post by **rwhistles** » March 25, 2011, 8:38 am

Anything that will put my truck down for more than a day or two.Radiator needs to be boiled and rodded and I dread shutting it down long enough to have it done.

HiBoy63 · Post by **HiBoy63** » March 25, 2011, 1:12 pm

MadMaxetc wrote:Oh...and struts...those are just a pain in the ass!

Max was right on it. Suspension and Brakes dirty hard work for a 60yr old lying in the driveway.