This post is a pure and simple rant
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My chargecooler core has two bolts holding it in place, one bolt and nut has threaded so isn't budging so my recent work has been a nightmare.
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cutting the coolant hose and trying to fit the water temp adapter, took hours, then filled it with coolant only for it to leak
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I couldn't get the old sensor wires out and ended up breaking one, others are still in place, pulling the wires through was another headache, all in all I have spent around 12 hours on jobs that should have taken an hour thanks to me being unable to move this
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&^*&ing core
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I have cuts on my fingers, knuckles, wrists etc.
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thanks to the 101 jubilee clips and exhaust manifold cover/wires from metal coolant lines etc.
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Once I get on top of everything I am going to clean up the body work, underneath is relatively clean but I am going to sand it down and underseal it properly, fix some blemishes in the paintwork then hardly drive it, the joys of 2nd car ownership
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Rant over, mainly posted for my own benefit so a few years down the line I can read back trough this thread and remember what this car has done to me
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Awesome weather for February Btw
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tomorrow is going to be the 3rd sunny day in a row
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, GTJD
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