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From: dsi1 on 27 Apr 2010 18:19
On 4/27/2010 11:35 AM, N8N wrote:
> yeah, the alternator was a PITA. the girlie had one of those a long
> time ago and being the "car guy" of my group of friends I got to
> replace it when it crapped out with no warning one night. I was
> surprised at how many little bolts and brackets held it on! The oil
> filter position was interesting as well, and the one time I did an oil
> change on it whoever did the previous one must have run the filter on
> with an air gun, I was starting to get concerned that I was going to
> run out of solid metal to punch holes in with my screwdriver before I
> got it loose enough to remove by hand.

I recently sold my Ford Taurus and thought I'd change the oil for good
luck but I couldn't get the drain plug out. Then I remembered that my
brother-in-laws saying something about changing the oil. They must have
taken it to Jiffy Lube or Sears. My guess is that torque those things on
so that you can never change the oil by yourself again. Ha ha. I never
did change that oil.

>
> Only other issue with it was that it always sounded like a lifter was
> rattling, and it had a bad coil pack as well... I'd replaced the
> spark plugs and wires in an attempt to get it to run right before she
> took it to the mechanic who diagnosed the coil pack, and I don't ever
> want to do that again, what a PITA job

I never had to do much to the car but when I did buy parts I couldn't
believe how cheap Chevy parts are. Now that I own a Toyota and a Hyundai
I'm pretty much dead meat as far as the cost of parts are concerned.

I have my 2006 Hyundai at the dealer as they have graciously offered to
replace my AC evaporator under the 5 year - 50K mile warranty. Lucky
that the warranty is transferable (I'm the 3rd owner) - otherwise, I'd
really be dead meat. :-)

>
> nate

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