Things you don't enjoy doing on cars

[66cayne]

Originally Posted by TimG

Cleaning a chassis. I just finished my 1967 Corvette and it got me in the mood to clean the undercoating off the chassis of my 1970 Corvette. I put in 12 hours over the weekend in a hot Texas garage with a 300 degree heat gun in hand. My wife is checking our will as I post this.

that is without a doubt the toughest job. Ive done it on two cars, a 65 Impala SS and a 66 Biscayne. I hate undercoating so it had to go. Car on jack stands. me on my back with heat gun, scrapers, needle gun, acetone etc., then repainting . Never again! I wish dry ice removal was an option at the time.

[cruiserofland]

Steve, I’ve used a trick suggested on TC to put a plastic mallet between front seat and rear, then lean on the front seat to help pop the rear seat bottom back and up to release it from each hook

I too hate any long jobs under a dash…

[Steve Shauger]

Originally Posted by cruiserofland

Steve, I’ve used a trick suggested on TC to put a plastic mallet between front seat and rear, then lean on the front seat to help pop the rear seat bottom back and up to release it from each hook I already removed the front seat in preparation to install new carpeting. Now I will try this next time...

I too hate any long jobs under a dash…

I like that idea! Getting tired of 30 minutes struggling and spewing every adjective .

[danachevroletfor1967]

For me it's anything I have to do that requires me to bend over or get on my back, whether it's doing anything under the car or under the dash.

[Rumbleguts396]

I rate the difficulty of a job by the amount of Advil needed afterwards. I.E., that’s At least a 4 Advil job. Rob

[Crush]

All the under dash stuff is brutal. On the last truck I did work on I took the seats out so I could stretch out!
On a slightly different but body pain related, I helped a friend recently lay 15 pallets of sod! I couldn’t believe how sore I was!

Just remember, pain is weakness leaving the body….lol!

[Formula455SD]

Not a fan installing carpet. Everytime I look at it I see every mistake. Too expensive.. and too big of a job to rip it out and start over. BTW... I need a 4 speed console for my '72 T/A to hide a big mistake... The original was MIA when I bought the car..

[R68GTO]

under dash is definitely a PITA. The most frustrating for me is tracking down an electrical gremlin in the system.

[67since67]

An old drag racing friend once stated "If it was easy everyone would be doing it"
We all share the same world it seems! For me, on muscle era cars, it's A/C equipped under dashes (C3 BB Corvette heater core ) and chassis cleaning.

Edit: I'm not particularly fond of steering columns either...

[ACR]

I don't mind any job on my cars. Some I like more than others but I find the tinkering cathartic no matter how frustrating at a surface level. However, undoing hack job work and the butchery of others is the worst thing for me IMO... wiring, bad bodywork, etc etc - plenty of that to undo on my current 66 Nova build.