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funny things car manufacturers do.....
what are the weirdest/coolest ideas that you have seen on a car designed from factory? heres one i found at work. this is an Aston Martin fuel door. it has a mini gas strut! dont know whats wrong with a hinge and spring. why not i guess.
The Only 6sp VZ Wagon
umm, 2.4 litre t/diesel transits use a water pump that is bolted to the block and driven as an 'accessory' which means it has 1 inlet hose from the radiator and 5 outlets going to various other component on the engine, BUT, it dosnt end there the pump's shaft/bearings use the engines oil pressure to lubricate, and has a vacuum pump bolted to the top of the water pump and uses oil pressure aswell to lubricate, which naturally has special gaskets to use and are not re-usable and have to be ordered separately to the pump.
EASTERN CREEK JCNSW 2009
Originally Posted by Commydoor
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VS Series III Centre Console lid has a cupholder in it
Nil Bastardo Carborundum
1. Adding eight inches to the boot of an HK Premier and trying to convince the world you had created a new luxury car called the Brougham. Cheap and Dumb!
2. Chopping up a 173 and creating the Starfire four. Cheaper, dumber and a dog anyway.
3. Stuffing the 265 Hemi into the Centura. Dumb and deadly.
4. Replacing damage prone parts which used to be available separately, with complex, single unit assemblies which now cost a bomb, such as head and taillights. Good for the manufacturer, not so good for the consumer.
5. Steel welch plugs in the first VN V6's. By the time the VP was released,the General woke up and replaced them with stainless steel. Anybody who has had to replace welch plugs in their early VN will know what a mongrel job that is.
6. Tapered spark plugs in alloy heads. Tighten them too much and they seize, snapping off when you try to replace them and leaving the seized threads in the head.
7. Transverse V6 in Magnas and 380's, which needed half the engine dismantled to replace the rear plugs. Long life plugs were standard, but you still had to replace them eventually. Big bucks for a basic servicing job.
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ford Telstar with a v6 (yes V6!) in it....had to replace an oil sender unit in it..... not even enough room to fit a screwdriver between the engine and radiator.... heat soak much~
putting oil filters where they can leak down onto the exhaust when u take them off and ass a previouse person said with having to take half the engine apart to change spark plugs
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Carbon Positive - DO IT!!
nice.
VT/VX having to take the ****ing dash apart to replace the $20 **** ant piece of plastic that covers the speedo.
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DoNothing Member
ditto power steering fluid resevoir int he buick where if it leaks it hits headers
Slayer of Stupid Threads
Yeah thats a pain in the arse. I overfilled mine one day and it smelt for a week.
346 cu/in
Dude, don't you own one?
50LTRv8
The Only 6sp VZ Wagon
timing belts on some mitsubishis you need to remove the engine mount, and to do that you need to raise and lower the engine to pull the bolts out
EASTERN CREEK JCNSW 2009
Nil Bastardo Carborundum
I do have a really neat idea that is rare on front wheel drive cars. In the Camiras, you didn't have to remove the transmission to replace the clutch. There was a special tool kit which was quite cheap, that let you depress and hold down the clutch, then retract the clutch shaft out through the clutch plate and out the side of the transmission. You just unscrewed a large plug on the side of the box, undid a circlip, screwed in the puller and yanked. The clutch could be unbolted and dropped through the lower bellhousing. Simple to do and very quick. Not too many front drivers have such a simple system. Some Camira ideas were really very sound, it was just the build quality that was crap.
Nil Bastardo Carborundum
Then again, they also have the dumb idea on Astras, Vectras etc, that the timing belt has to be replaced every 60,000km. To do the job properly, you are also supposed to replace all tensioners and rollers. About $500 a time. Dumb.
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Yeah but you clearly don't understand the point of me owning one. I have two Holdens I don't want to drive as daily work hacks. Why? I want a car I couldn't give a **** about. doors, trolleys, other cars on the road etc etc ... Hence I bought a FORD!
Nah man, i got you, I know why you got it. I just don't understand why you would get such an unreliable POS for a daily, I would have thaught you would a reliable car with little issues to drive most days.
Then again, Ford may do something right after all
50LTRv8
Banned
Ford Falcon is the most reliable LPG car you can get.
on the camry they have a welsh plugh behind the bach engine mount so you carnt see it
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don't remind me i'll have to get that changed on my car soon
The Only 6sp VZ Wagon
yeah and if the earlier models didnt get the revised service schedule log book from not being serviced at holden, and they went for the 100,000km change, and the belt snapped in between the 60 - 100,000km area you need a new head and possibly a couple of pistons aswell as a timing belt.
and dont forget you have to replace the crank angle sensor when you do the belt because the sheilding on the wiring breaks off and start shorting out
EASTERN CREEK JCNSW 2009
The Only 6sp VZ Wagon
well thats what you get for owning a fwd belt driven enginedon't remind me i'll have to get that changed on my car soonhaha
EASTERN CREEK JCNSW 2009
The Only 6sp VZ Wagon
oh and kia carnivals have three timing belts,
EASTERN CREEK JCNSW 2009
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a motor in the land rover freelanders do too.
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cadilac eldorado (newish) has a electronic auto boot shut,
if you just shut the boot lid down with out engaging the latches it will automatically pull the boot down and latch shut after a few seconds
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