Its official ...hardest job ever on a MKII is...

[GAZ W]

Getting the crossmember and the other parts attached to it back on the car and lining all the holes up (well unless you are dave and you can turn the car upside down;) ) , it has taken me 2 days to do this ( well the first attempt i had to leave it because it was really starting to p155 me off , and i would of put the hammer through the window if i hadnt )

its back on now after much cursing , so just thought i would let you know that thios job is OFFICIALY the hardest job on a MKII :geek: :geek:

[dingy]

Gaz, just to prove you wrong i will take mine off and put it back on tonight and take photo's.......

Fitting GRP 4 watt's linkage towers is the hardest thing to do....... :cheers:

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Hardest job on a MKII is stopping the back end stepping out in a bend on a wet road !!

But then again why would you want it to stop ?? - lol lol lol

[yellow peril]

i have to disagree, the hardest job ever is trying to reconnect the hot/cold heater cable to the operating lever on the heater box while its all in situ behind a complete dash without removing the seats. i still have the scars and back pain to prove it :blackeye: :blackeye:

[dasadrew]

remember what I said about being locked in a cage with a velociraptor when you first posted your heater problems?

Surely the toughest job has still got to be the classic clutch change under the car?

[Dermot]

I suffered from those heater connections.

Those plastic clips are murder to fit on properly.

I had a stiff neck after all that, and cuts and bruises also.

[GAZ W]

Bloody hell sound like these MKII's are quite dangerous :blackeye:

[Judge_Fudge]

I suffered from those heater connections.

Those plastic clips are murder to fit on properly.

I had a stiff neck after all that, and cuts and bruises also.

Agreed, did this yesterday... got to do it again today cos the plastic gear for the air direction plate is rodded and is causing the ratchet thing to skip. Brilliant. Can't wait. Let me at it.

[dingy]

Heater is an easy job, PISH easy......... :cheers: :cheers:

[yellow peril]

Glad to see it wasnt just me who was making a pigs ear of the heater jobs, and as for the cage full of raptors....... i think i would stand a better chance of not losing an eye with them than with that bloody cable..... i think the end is specially shaped to hook into soft exposed flesh!...

off to the chemists for more plasters now.

[arron]

Surely the toughest job has still got to be the classic clutch change under the car?

I'm with you on this one mate, nothing worse than rolling around under the car covered in all sorts of sh1te, trying - singlehandedly, to control the rapid groundwards descent of a heavy gearbox with only the tip of your nose !

[Mr Hoarder]

Fitting a pair of inner wings must be harder than a clutch change.

Or how about replacing a roof skin ?

Or fitting rear turrets and 4 link boxes ?

Or rebuilding a gearbox ?

Or shimming the cams in a BDA ?

You lot are a bunch of big girls blouses :bootyshake: :winky: :winky:

[Banishit]

the hardest job is getting the money out to pay for all the above without the missus find out :colors:

[dasadrew]

another girl's blouse! - get a divorce! Now I can surf eBay day and night!

[robrs2]

This has to be the hardest job "Replacing the dashboard" Its almost impossible. But can be done.

Rob...

[wombat]

Well where do I start...
Aaron, you caught your gearbox with your nose? I damn near had a castration when my gearbox slipped off the jack when replacing the clutch. I think one of the worst jobs is replacing the standard brake booster. The 13mm nuts just won't stay where they are supposed to! (the ones on the firewall). You need a cut down spanner to reach them in the first place.
Apart from that, the MK2 is p*** easy to work on! :blackeye:

[Frosticles]

I agree with banishit. Apart from that, Everything's a breeze :cat:

[robsrs2000]

so u got the heater in yellow peril have fun he he he :thumbleft:

[GAZ W]

glad to see everyone else has been having problems in the past :cyclopsani: :cyclopsani:

I think the hardest job will be putting everything back in a freshly painted enginebay without scratching it :geek:

[dingy]

Gaz, i did it with mine, on my own........ :wink: