It only makes matters worse and worse
2005-May-14, Saturday 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ssurgulAs though in answer to how bad things have been the past couple of years, I tried to work on my new car last night, thanks to Ken and his magnificent garage.
Managed to break 5 bolts which had either rusted into their housings and Liquid Wrench did nothing to help, or did some bizarre thing in the front quarter panel that seems to have nothing to do with rust but which two different vise grips will do nothing to remedy. Managed to realize I was doing the same thing to the alternator tension bolt before it happened (thank the ghods for that one at least). Managed to get the valve cover gasket replaced and grommets for the retaining nuts (which had been one of three things leaking oil), but then the RTV gasket sealer didn't 'take' for the back half of the cover, so oil made a happy and enormous mess along the back of the block.
Wow. While I thought to save some money by doing things myself on the car, I'm not sure I did anything but frustrate the hell out of myself that much more. At least I'm quite comfortable with working on the Toyota, though.
Managed to break 5 bolts which had either rusted into their housings and Liquid Wrench did nothing to help, or did some bizarre thing in the front quarter panel that seems to have nothing to do with rust but which two different vise grips will do nothing to remedy. Managed to realize I was doing the same thing to the alternator tension bolt before it happened (thank the ghods for that one at least). Managed to get the valve cover gasket replaced and grommets for the retaining nuts (which had been one of three things leaking oil), but then the RTV gasket sealer didn't 'take' for the back half of the cover, so oil made a happy and enormous mess along the back of the block.
Wow. While I thought to save some money by doing things myself on the car, I'm not sure I did anything but frustrate the hell out of myself that much more. At least I'm quite comfortable with working on the Toyota, though.