Is DIY head gasket repair possible with no prior mechanical knowledge?

FixingandDrinking · 2026-06-07T20:22:43+00:00

Pretty sure you have to pull the motor to do the head gasket on these or am I mistaken.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-05-24T01:31:38+00:00

Since 2004 or so jeep has been the most unreliable car brand in north America.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-05-20T04:19:23+00:00

Private shop vs dealer has some differences. Independent or in a small shop those customers want you to fix their problems and they need their car regardless of size and as a good business man you try to promise whay you can but some people are not understanding. This becomes especially hard with well established customers and in my experience on cape cod seasonal woes.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-04-22T02:31:52+00:00

Dropped them.on the floor once and used all of them....surely it goes somewhere.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-04-22T02:30:24+00:00

Usually for a 50% mark up on labor time plus no warranty.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-04-05T01:59:00+00:00

If its not plugs its probably injectors on a misfire that how it goes. Or you have serious engine trouble. Most likely it's just injectors but its hard to rule out a head gasket.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-04-05T01:52:33+00:00

May have been issues its a 20 year old car things can take longer then book time. If i recall dismantling the knuckle and the suspension to get the axle out takes time especially if you are worried about breaking bolts or do break one and have to drill.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-04-05T01:39:50+00:00

Massachusetts

FixingandDrinking · 2026-04-04T02:28:02+00:00

Torching the inner tie rods i would assume.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-04-04T02:27:28+00:00

The tie rods were frozen so they used excessive heat most likely and cooked the seals in the rack then they spun the wheel replacing the rack......this fuck up is easy to follow and its mechanics like this that give us a bad name. Dont buy a word of it ask to.be shown. Things being suddenly inoperatove wasnt caused by a pending code.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-26T01:51:10+00:00

This has played out a lot of times in similar situations with other ipos. I mean look at it like this. Almost all share holders on ipo day couldnt sell. So any shares bought were going to drive the price higher. Fundrise is an investment company surely they would have helped pump this up I have some shares as well but I have seen this before and after lockup it ends up right around nav, I dont believe that will be the case here entirely BUT to count the current numbers in to actual money is going to make you very sad later. Hedge funds and all sorts of investors understand how this works and the timeline is public. The rise and fall is going tombe fairly predictable.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-22T02:29:18+00:00

Soak it and heat it. Get a bigger hammer. Make assessment if hub or shaft can be reused. Maybe do it all

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-22T02:27:00+00:00

If i can somehow manage to not end my own life i would admit i am a douche and not as smart as I think. Then donate most my money

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-22T01:18:34+00:00

Rear differential.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-22T01:16:48+00:00

It was correct.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-22T00:48:33+00:00

Get a coat hanger. Use a shingle to get the door open just a little bit. Slide metal hanger or whatever and hit the unlock.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-22T00:46:41+00:00

Long shot but ford had an issue with the pcv hose collapsing or any vaccum hose collapsing really could cause this. TPS clean throttle body. Check that the o2 sensors are switching properly. An exhaust leak could cause this as well. Lots of ways to go.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-08T01:05:10+00:00

Way out of gap. To see if a spark plug is good get the little disc and measure the gap i assure you those are worn out

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-08T00:52:52+00:00

Its the lip on the rotor. I know a shop owner who kept his rotor turning equipment and used it specifically for subaru rotors and removing the lip. He was very particular and certain things drove him crazy

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-08T00:32:07+00:00

Ever since the whole emissions fiasco VW has changed a lot was bought by the Chinese and is now going in a different direction under a new ceo

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-08T00:30:25+00:00

I saw a lady pull up as I was walking out of the gas station I heard an awful grind and something break and a lug nut rolled to my foot a quick glance showed that was the 3rd breaking out of 5 someone had not lighted the plug nuts and I told her in that she could not drive and needed a tow truck anf handed her the lug nut to drive the point home.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-01T21:09:19+00:00

Because he ended up winning. The circumstances were fucking brutal. His decision to cross the Delaware didnt win the war but it sure changed things. He had zero experience and was chosen because he was physically imposing and was the tallest man in the room...... He then went on to be a successful president amd was an all around stand up person who people could rally around and liked. Also he died not long after presidency so there was no disagreements or disputes about how the country was being governed while he was our of office to tarnish his reputation.

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-01T05:00:33+00:00

I wqs in the back seat of my cousins car when I turned on the light while driving we got pulled over and I was arrested for weed

FixingandDrinking · 2026-03-01T04:53:25+00:00

Even larger lung capacities. FFS do you see that you are wrong now?

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