MDPV_Psychosis
Bluelighter
I got up early and starting working on the vehicle at 7am. Unfortunately the rising sun is blasting directly into the garage so by 8am it was already hot in there. Got it fixed and back together by noonish. Completely covered in grease and sweat though.
This was by far the most frustrating auto repair I've ever done, the heat probably contributing though. They didn't really design it so that there is room to remove the alternator while the engine is still in the car, you really have to struggle with it and play Tetris with it while twisting it around all the various obstacles on its way out. I also had to employ a few tricks found via google/YouTube.
My neighbors likely heard me swearing and yelling all morning. Then when I first started it up after, smoke started billowing out from somewhere on the engine. I threw a total temper tantrum at this point: cursing, yelling, throwing things, etc. Turns out I had just gotten some gunk smudged on the engine that was burning off, I had assumed I fucked something up bad at first.
So it's fixed, but I never want to go under that hood ever again.
This was by far the most frustrating auto repair I've ever done, the heat probably contributing though. They didn't really design it so that there is room to remove the alternator while the engine is still in the car, you really have to struggle with it and play Tetris with it while twisting it around all the various obstacles on its way out. I also had to employ a few tricks found via google/YouTube.
My neighbors likely heard me swearing and yelling all morning. Then when I first started it up after, smoke started billowing out from somewhere on the engine. I threw a total temper tantrum at this point: cursing, yelling, throwing things, etc. Turns out I had just gotten some gunk smudged on the engine that was burning off, I had assumed I fucked something up bad at first.
So it's fixed, but I never want to go under that hood ever again.