So iv'e been working on one of my cars for about a total of a month but havent been working on it every single day until yesterday and today. Iv'e put about 14 hours of work into my car just so i can get it inspected so it will pass so i can get a job before I run out of money because I quit my job because fuck it.
So what I was getting at is that once something that I have been frustrated with finally works and i move onto the next thing, another thing pops up that I get frustrated at and just want to quit but cant because the inspection is at 7am tomorrow. I only had about 1 hour left of work till it would be finished but then I remembered that rear disc brakes also have drum brakes for the parking brake., which is where i am currently stuck.
I cut my finger and kicked the rotor in frustration and i think that may have helped but I dont know for sure because I left to eat dinner
Wish me luck.
Quote from the mechanic: $3,400
What it cost me to do to myself including new parts and tools: $700
To do List:
- remove front tires
- remove callipers and rotors
- unbolt sway bar
- unbolt rack and pinion end links from wheel hub
- take out o2 sensor
- remove air filter
- disconnect steering column from rack and pinion
- unbolt hard lines to rack and pinion
- remove old rack and pinion
- install new rack and pinion
- install new rotors and pads
- bold everything together that was removed
- stop exhaust leak from o2 sensor
- find missing sway bar nut in the snow
- bleed rack and pinion
- add more steering fluid
- do a wheel alignment
- test drive
- remove rear tires
- remove calipers
- remove rotors
- change brake pads
- install new rotors
- bleed the brakes
- put tires back on
- check parking brake and brake functionality
- sleep