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Whats the thing you find the hardest to do on your rig/
- Thread starter BoondocK5
- Start date
Not spending every dime I earn upgrading, customizing......
zeroz400
1/2 ton status
Rust repair is terrible, any type of body repair is time consuming and hard to get it decent looking.
Living in the rust belt I also hate just about any work on the frame and even some engine work. I have to spray all the bolts with PB Blaster before I start anything and use an impact to remove/snap the bolt
I wish I could just give the truck a PB bath.It's also hard trying to decipher the PO's hacks and fixes
Electical for me, it`s been almost 2 years since I put my truck together and I still don`t have everything working ,almost though, just gotta rewire the windsheild wipers and fix the dome light.
thebluemax
1/2 ton status
I know how you feel. I'm working 6 days a week so I can spend my overtime money building my truck!
working on it.i hate to even air up the tires.
owenst7
1/2 ton status
I'd say driving it. I always need to work on it instead.
ezoliver
Mall Crawler
Fabbing my front shock mounts.... mostly having to deal with the drivers side and the steering shaft. 
1BEATK5
1/2 ton status
getting it in the garage to work on it.
1 loosen all 32 lug nuts
2 jack up 1 axle
3 change 2 heavy a$$ tires
4 lower jack
5 tighten 8 lug nuts
6 jack up next axle
7 change 2 heavy a$$ tires
8 lower jack
9 tighten 8 lug nuts
10 adjust air pressure to keep top from adding more work to do
1 loosen all 32 lug nuts
2 jack up 1 axle
3 change 2 heavy a$$ tires
4 lower jack
5 tighten 8 lug nuts
6 jack up next axle
7 change 2 heavy a$$ tires
8 lower jack
9 tighten 8 lug nuts
10 adjust air pressure to keep top from adding more work to do
i HATE changing a steering box.
Shoot, at least you can get it in a garage!! I wish I could! I have done everything on a narrow one car driveway! At least its concrete though. My driveway is so cramped, and I have a 1/4 acre. It is soon going to change though. Moving to a new house next month. I hate moving, but going to love a pool and big driveway and 2 bathrooms.
1BEATK5
1/2 ton status
i built my k5 and my brother's in my driveway. my one car garage was fulll o' parts and tools. i know the feeling. when i bought my current house, a big garage was on the must have list.
in 2 years when my littlest son is in school, im moving out a bit from the area im in so i can have a shop, more property(i have a 1/4 acre now) and a little more quiet.
I hate doing any suspention work,like replacing leaf spring shackles or bushings ,when your forced to "save" the old spring and cant just torch things!...glow plugs on a 6.2 suck too,hard to get at,most of them are "stuck" from being expanded,and the fact they are only 10mm threads makes it easy to snap off a rusted one,IF you can find a socket that will actually grab whats left of the hex portion enough to twist it off!..
Heater cores are another suck job,though not as bad as many other vehicles are--I agree with Rene about the diesel trucks with that sound deadener covering the entire firewall would really suck to remove and not bust it all up!..I think I'd put an aftermarket heater in my truck instead of replacing the stock core --if I didn't need defrosters I'd probably just live without a heater!..
I've changed a few P/S boxes and didn't find it too hard..steering colums too,they aren't fun to change,but I'd rather swap another one in than fix a sloppy tilt colum,in fact I've "deleted" tilt steering from a few trucks I had that were sloppy ,I never "tilt" the wheel anyway!..
Patching rotted floors and other panels is probably my least favorite job too,since I've had to do it dozens of times,only one truck I've had didn't need extensive rot repairs when I first got it,and everyone DID after I owned it a few years--I think the depressing feeling of seeing a once rust free truck get rotted to death takes a lot of your enthusiasm away for having anything "nice" ...once the truck enters patched up robox status,you tend not to be very anal about caring for it like you did when it was "decent" and original...
Swapping an automatic tranny sucks too,and manuals are even worse,being much heavier--doing clutch jobs sucks too...one job I have attempted myself and never succeded at once,was installing a windsheild..I've done rear windows successfully,but never a windsheild,they crack every time,usually just as I go to get the last part of it in the rubber gasket..I see other guys manhandle them and slap them HARD and they ever break one,I so much as touch it,and it shatters!...I sucked at removing them intact at the junkyard too,the boss always had my co-worker do them instead of me,and told me to "get lost" while he did it--if I was even watching ,it would crack!....
But--the HARDEST thing to do on my trucks,is to go to the RMV and try getting one registered--every time,they find SOME "problem" with the way the title was signed,my insurance company screwed up the paperwork (and its 15 miles from the RMV!),or they tell me I have to go get something notarized,etc..aint it bad enough they rob you of every dime just to put plates on the dam thing??....never mind the inspection stickers!...
Heater cores are another suck job,though not as bad as many other vehicles are--I agree with Rene about the diesel trucks with that sound deadener covering the entire firewall would really suck to remove and not bust it all up!..I think I'd put an aftermarket heater in my truck instead of replacing the stock core --if I didn't need defrosters I'd probably just live without a heater!..
I've changed a few P/S boxes and didn't find it too hard..steering colums too,they aren't fun to change,but I'd rather swap another one in than fix a sloppy tilt colum,in fact I've "deleted" tilt steering from a few trucks I had that were sloppy ,I never "tilt" the wheel anyway!..
Patching rotted floors and other panels is probably my least favorite job too,since I've had to do it dozens of times,only one truck I've had didn't need extensive rot repairs when I first got it,and everyone DID after I owned it a few years--I think the depressing feeling of seeing a once rust free truck get rotted to death takes a lot of your enthusiasm away for having anything "nice" ...once the truck enters patched up robox status,you tend not to be very anal about caring for it like you did when it was "decent" and original...
Swapping an automatic tranny sucks too,and manuals are even worse,being much heavier--doing clutch jobs sucks too...one job I have attempted myself and never succeded at once,was installing a windsheild..I've done rear windows successfully,but never a windsheild,they crack every time,usually just as I go to get the last part of it in the rubber gasket..I see other guys manhandle them and slap them HARD and they ever break one,I so much as touch it,and it shatters!...I sucked at removing them intact at the junkyard too,the boss always had my co-worker do them instead of me,and told me to "get lost" while he did it--if I was even watching ,it would crack!..
..But--the HARDEST thing to do on my trucks,is to go to the RMV and try getting one registered--every time,they find SOME "problem" with the way the title was signed,my insurance company screwed up the paperwork (and its 15 miles from the RMV!),or they tell me I have to go get something notarized,etc..aint it bad enough they rob you of every dime just to put plates on the dam thing??..
..never mind the inspection stickers!...
rebuilding drum brakes
The damn snow ball effect is the worst part of working on these trucks. I went to put a new intake manifold and dizzy on my truck only to find out my oil pump has over half inch of play in the shaft so i get to jack up the motor and pull the pan and put a new pump in the damn thing, so much for a quick job.
That and working in the dirt, i don't have a driveway at all so it's sheets of plywood and cardboard to do everything, i just picked up a canvas car port which at least keeps the ground dry but it's hard to get motivation to do anything when it involves crawling around in the dirt and grass, i'd kill for a 10x20 concrete pad.
That and working in the dirt, i don't have a driveway at all so it's sheets of plywood and cardboard to do everything, i just picked up a canvas car port which at least keeps the ground dry but it's hard to get motivation to do anything when it involves crawling around in the dirt and grass, i'd kill for a 10x20 concrete pad.
DeviousK5
1/2 ton status
Tools,tools,Tools. I spend roughly10% of my net pay on tools on the trucks for my job. All extra luxuries are off limits, I.E. welder tube bender,notcher,plasma cutter. All the welding i have done on my rig, Ive had to borrow a welder and accessories roughly 40 Miles away.
Money: Im 28 with a wife and 2 kids,and all the bills to go with it, and side jobs have been near non-existant. My big buys happen at tax return time, when there is definetly extra cash to play with
Money: Im 28 with a wife and 2 kids,and all the bills to go with it, and side jobs have been near non-existant. My big buys happen at tax return time, when there is definetly extra cash to play with
K10 KRAWLER
1/2 ton status
Gonna have it done in time to come to Blazer Bash with me next fall? I am trying to get a few other K5s to come too
That includes you Wrench, George Pimpdaddy, Sired by Fire
Oh yes Ill have it done soon. I plan on hitting the trails In Easter. I work very fast when I have a deadline. hahaha
