Thread: What is the worst car you have worked on?

My BIL's late '80s, early '90s Alpha. Everything you touched, broke! Even things that weren't touched, broke!

My Mum's '69 Mini deserves a mention, too.

Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.7l V6 manual

So many, I'm still trying to decide.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

So many, I'm still trying to decide.

Should heavier vehicles be included?

Also, I reckon JerryD is a candidate for comment here.

Before i did the head gasket on my wifes X-trail i watched a youtube video for pointers, came away thinking it would be a nightmare.
Once i got into it i was surprised that it wasn't as difficult as the video made it out to be, cant say ive worked on something and went away thinking never again although fitting the LH exhaust camshaft on my TDV6 with pulleys and seals fitted was a real PITA - my wrists still haven't recovered.

Pajero. The most insanely overly complex design the world has ever seen for no apparent reason.

That's easy. LARC.

Originally Posted by prelude

I do apologize for the fans of the vehicle I am about to be unkind to

In any case, I recently had the "honour" of working on a VW T4, a very early specimen with the AAB diesel engine (that's the 2.4 naturally aspirated version). My word, what a disaster of a car to work on... All sorts of bolts mixed and matched, and seemingly not because of previous repairs, weird hex and star bolts, the list goes on.

Trying to replace the clutch, the gear box needs to come off but the transfer case sits behind the subframe. In essence I had to completely remove the engine (as in release all engine mounts and hang it in a hoist) AND remove both drive axles, which meant undoing the ball joints etc etc.

I -bleep- near had to disassemble the whole -bleeping- car JUST to get to the clutch. Now I have quite some experience with cars and a lot of japanese ones at that which are usually tightly packed which hinders access, but even they are easier to replace a clutch on or whatever.

So, I was wondering, what is the worst car you have had to work on

Cheers,
-P

'Holden' Vectra - exactly the same thing. Whole subframe out to do the clutch and hang the engine off an engine crane to take the gearbox out to do this - took me friggin days.... Having said that I just did a sump gasket on my 1976 XJ6 Jag - same deal - over 20 hours end to end - hang the engine from the top and pull the entire underneath of the car off. Jag wasn't anywhere near as bad as the Vectra though as there was actually room to get at everything that needed to come off.