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homebiscuit · 10-16-2014, 09:33 PM

The frustrating thing about working on American cars is the illogical use of so many different size bolts and nuts. It makes no sense. When working on Asian cars (Mazda, Honda, and Kia), unless it's a critical load bolt, they're mostly either 10 or 12 mm. My son's Chevy is maddening with all the different size sockets I have to pull out. The coil packs are held down by 5.5 mm bolts. Really? 5.5 mm? Is it possible to find a more obscure size? And guess which socket I lost? Had to go to Sears to find one.

I was really impressed with my other son's Mazda. They actually created access points to get to hard-to-reach bolts.

BigJag57 · 10-17-2014, 02:29 AM

Shame on you all. Gotta go MURRCA MADE SON

Monty · 10-17-2014, 08:13 AM

HONDA!

homebiscuit · 10-17-2014, 08:21 AM

Quote:HONDA!

My wife's CRV is a nightmare to work on. You have to remove three things to get to one. When it came time to change the starter I took one look at it and paid a guy $80 to do it. It was worth it to avoid the aggravation. However, the oil is a snap to change because the filter is very accessible by reaching behind the front passenger tire.

**Senor Fantastico** · 10-17-2014, 12:55 PM

Quote:My wife's CRV is a nightmare to work on. You have to remove three things to get to one. When it came time to change the starter I took one look at it and paid a guy $80 to do it. It was worth it to avoid the aggravation. However, the oil is a snap to change because the filter is very accessible by reaching behind the front passenger tire.

When you talk about fixing cars it totally takes me back to my childhood haha.