I do everything 3 times when I work on cars! I never have it right the first or second time.
ha ha - just after paint correction my hood came down on my jumper box and same thing - now have annoying paint popNeeded to jump start the coupe after it had been sitting (this was before float chargers). Rolled it out, raised the hood, attached the cables, and started the car. With the engine vibration, I watch the hood start to close in excruciating slow motion. Bam, nice new dent protruding where the hood hit the cable clamps. Cost me $1000. I now use a prop rod.
Makes me think of "Jimmy Two Times" in the movie "Good Fellas". Hey Been a while, I think I have to watch that again!I do everything 3 times when I work on cars! I never have it right the first or second time.
This is why I promptly sold the one and only bmw v8 I ever owned. I count myself very very lucky to have dodged the botched bmw v8 bulletThe list is long, but the dumbest had to be my e39 alternator install. The e39s have water cooled alternators, which means that the alternator installs into the lower timing cover on the M62 engine. I purchased a remanufactured alternator, and whilst this baby was being remanufactured they repainted the body of the alternator without removing the gasket that installs between the alternator and the face of the lower timing cover. Thinking there was no gasket in the painted body, I mashed another gasket over the top of the painted one. When I tightened the little 8mm bolts around the perimeter of the alternator, I snapped one of the ears off the lower timing cover.
Wayne - When I busted the timing cover, I had Tom look at it to see if there was any magic mechanic trick that might save me from replacing the lower timing cover. He looked at my car, and said "The lower timing cover needs to be replaced, and if you have to take that to somebody, that's a $5,000 mistake."
To replace the lower timing cover, you need to remove: the airbox and MAF; entire cooling system; the belts and tensioners for the alternator and air conditioning; the vacuum lines and purge valve for the evaporative control system; the cam position sensors; the harmonic balancer; the dipstick tube; both valve covers; and both upper timing covers and then the busted lower timing cover. And along the way, you need to disconnect about a dozen electrical connections, and the loom to the injectors. That leads to this:
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It was painted in Michigan (owner lives there), but it was local car when he bought it in the 1990s. It's been with me since October, 2021 and the paint didn't get any harder unfortunately!You'd think anything would bake on in Phoenix.
S62 doesn't count though. That's the only one I have and will hopefully ever own.This is why I promptly sold the one and only bmw v8 I ever owned. I count myself very very lucky to have dodged the botched bmw v8 bullet
Was that back when paint was $200/gal or more recently?I painted an entire car without adding hardener. Had to sand it all off and start over.
That should at least get me on the podium!
It was a while ago so the cost wasn't the issue. Sad part is, I've managed to forget hardener from time to time since that happened, just not for an entire car.Was that back when paint was $200/gal or more recently?