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Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Well mine is the #7 spark plug. Thanks to the funky plug angle on the GT-40P heads it pretty much is right behind the dip stick tube. Thank goodness I have another 29,000 miles before I have to change the plug:hick:


88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #1 –
Oil pan on a 5.0, with the oil pump a close second. I'd change 5 heater cores before I'd change another oil pan again.

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #2 –
Yeah my E7 heads have a weird angle too.  Mostly the plugs nearest to the firewall were pains in the A$$, most notably when we went to put my headers in.  But I havent changed enough of my car to really know yet.
 

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #3 –
A flat tire!
Seriously, I had the donut on the car when I was getting new tires put on. Just sitting in the driveway, it not only looked ridiculous but even though the tire was properly inflated, the weight of the car still made it bulge almost to the point of sitting on the rim itself.

If I ever get a flat in that car, I'm screwed.

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #4 –
Hell the plugs on a 3.8 are worse than a 5.0.  Heater core took me just over 2 hours.  I'd put a water pump above a heater core.  I still haven't replaced the water pump gasket on my car.  I despise the thought of having to pull all the brackets and the pump for a simple gasket with a pinhole leak.
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #5 –
Quote from: EricCoolCats;154256
Oil pan on a 5.0, with the oil pump a close second. I'd change 5 heater cores before I'd change another oil pan again.


Amen to that!
Temporarily Foxless? Ride the Bull...

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #6 –
3.8 spark plugs are 100% harder to change than 5.0 plugs..  Heater core.. I can do it under an hour.

Hardest part to change on a fox?  ****ing rear control arm bushings.
One 88

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #7 –
stop bitching about plugs, ones on my car are worse, i have an airpump, and abs master in the way, i have small arms and i can barely fit them in there!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #8 –
Quote from: CougarSE;154284
3.8 spark plugs are 100% harder to change than 5.0 plugs..  Heater core.. I can do it under an hour.

Hardest part to change on a fox?  ****ing rear control arm bushings.



I'll second all that, I did the heater core in my '85 in 40 minutes.  and yeah, good luck getting the bolts out of the stock control arms that have seen ANY winter. :flame:

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #9 –
o boy, i dont like the sound of that im rebuilding front and rear suspension on my lincoln, i take it its a bitch. JOY!!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #10 –
My 88 bird's 3.8 head gasket...I just won't do it.  An engine swap would be less of a hassle.
1987 TC

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #11 –
The front end of the lincolns are not that bad to work on. The plugs on my 99 expedition are a real pain.
:ford::oldcougar::mercury:

Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #12 –
front coil springs

i always have to fight and fight to get those  things in. even 4cyl stang ones!
1979 Ford Fairmont
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Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #13 –
the entire wiring harness....
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Worst thing to change on your car (besides the heater core).

Reply #14 –
Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87;154347
the entire wiring harness....



Well that's worse than a plug:giggle:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.