The most annoying thing to work on, on your jeep

[JeepNOFEAR]

I had to cut the ends off on the studs that hold the exhaust and manifolds together. Getting those studs out of the exhaust is the most annoying thing I've ever had to do on any of my Jeeps.

I was able to get the 1st one I touched out with vise grips, hurray this will be easy. The second one would not move. I went and got my torch tanks filled. I heated it up and I could bearly move it. So I welded a nut on the end of it. Success!!!. Now onto the other side of the motor. Tried all the steps and they both end up breaking off in the manifold. I had to walk away from the Jeep after that. Time to bust out the drill.

What kind of problems have yall all run into?

[Headhoncho]

One time, when I was removing the aircleaner, I bent one of my fingernails back, and it like hurt like alot.

I think the exhaust manifold studs are one of the biggest PIA's there is. I feel for you on that one. Next is working on old Datsun Z motors when you snap a bolt off in the aluminum head. They're a blast to drill out from aluminum. At least it's cheap crap japanese steel.


JR

[chrisnsarah]

I don't know where to start, so I'll start with a few:

The upper starter bolt on a 360.
The backlight for the heater control on a Kaiser era truck.
The sparkplugs behind the heater box on a V8.
Valve adjustment on a Tornado 230 (with the engine running).

And of course, Torx bolts-any and all of them, especially seatbelts.

[Headhoncho]

One more is all the stupid torx head bolts from the seat belts, door hinges, to the u-joint straps. An impact screwdriver definitely comes in handy.



JR

[Cherokee01478]

The upper starter bolt on a 360.

Same with me - I mentioned it on a thread a while back.

[elskeptico]

I've been lucky with my exhaust manifolds.

The most annoying thing for me so far has been the electric rear window, when it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, sometimes stops halfway down or up. If it's not working you need to crawl inside over the seats to pull off that panel then jump the wires to a 12v source, yada yada yada. Gets real fun in 100 degree weather.

The manifolds sound worse though.

[goldhammer]

Hope you use anti-sieze putting them back in and on the nuts holding it together.

[CustomWag]

...The sparkplugs behind the heater box on a V8....

#6 & #8 are a LOT easier to get to from under the rig

[crispyboy]

definitely spark plugs and exhaust manifold bolts

[JeepNOFEAR]

PART 2

Well I have extra 2 sets of manifolds lieing in my shed and extra gaskets so I decided I'd use one of them on the passenger side. So I start unscrewing the back emissions bolt thing on the manifold and it breaks, doesn't really matter so I'm fine. I loosen all of the manifold bolts, I thought. I started at the back and took out the first 2. Then the third one breaks. So now I have a stud in the head to take out, HURRAY!!! I guess atleast I'm down to just one stud.

Should I heat it up or not and then try to take it out with vise grips?

Also do I have to go back and use hollow bolts?

[chr1s]

...the electric rear window

x2 -I loathe that $@*$@%#$)%*^! thing

[orangecherokee]

removing and installing the transmission

i could definitely live with paying someone else to do that.

[grand_wag_85]

For me the most annoying thing on V-8's besides spark plugs is changing out the mechanical fuel pump...Then after it's all said & done you take a look at the fuel pump on a 258

[chrisnsarah]

#6 & #8 are a LOT easier to get to from under the rig

Probably true. I can get to the #6 & 8 plugs with a regular socket handle from above. The problem is I risk cutting my hand on the metal heater box when the plugs break free. Gloves help, but it's still tight.

Threading them back in is almost as bad since it's hard to see .

[BRUTUS]

I don't know where to start, so I'll start with a few:

The upper starter bolt on a 360.
The backlight for the heater control on a Kaiser era truck.
The sparkplugs behind the heater box on a V8.
Valve adjustment on a Tornado 230 (with the engine running).

And of course, Torx bolts-any and all of them, especially seatbelts.

Upper starter bolt I despise. Especially since i stripped out the threads in the bell housing so I just went to a 1/4-20 with a nylock nut. It is ALL but impossible to hold two wrenches on there and tighten it down. Good thing I have headers because there is just enough room to get at them through the fenderwell and headers.

My truck was made before torx head bolts... NEENER NEENER NEENER!