"mcseanerson" (mcseanerson)
11/01/2015 at 22:59 • Filed to: None
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"mcseanerson" (mcseanerson)
11/01/2015 at 22:59 • Filed to: None | 14
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I want to start by saying I get where you’re coming from. We’ve all been there. I’m sure after the breakup things were rough and you tried to move on. Sometimes it’s just too hard to let go. After struggling to meet deadlines and not being able to get over Jennifer breaking up with you I’d be petty and spiteful too. You just need to remember that even if she is a service tech at a Buick dealer you’re not just hurting her, you’re hurting the rest of us too.
I know you thought it was pretty funny putting that strut brace over the battery and you grinned a good thirty seconds at the thought of her wondering who would put that there. Then you chortled at the image of her realization she’d have to take out the washer fluid reservoir. When she finished breaking the retainer clips and removed the bolt that secured it you cackled at the idea of her shock she’d have to remove the fuse block to finish taking out the battery. After she finishes that and finally dumps out the fluid and gets that reservoir out you take great delight in her discovery of the bracket securing the battery. Little does she know that there is not one bolt fastening this bracket, nor two, but three. That’s right, three. And that third one will take a 12 inch extension just to reach. After they are all removed the bracket will move freely but will still refuse to exit the engine bay. Then she will have to wrestle it free from the air intake that is pinning it down.
All of this will be made even more frustrating by the fact that the alternator can be removed in all of about two minutes. I know she hurt you but you can never begin to heal until you let her go. Start by letting our batteries go.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> mcseanerson
11/01/2015 at 23:09 |
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i’m guessing battery replacements are a nightmare for you.
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mcseanerson
> pip bip - choose Corrour
11/01/2015 at 23:10 |
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It has not been fun. In a wal-mart parking lot with my travel tool set as well. I had to buy an extension in the store to finish the job.
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> mcseanerson
11/01/2015 at 23:34 |
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That really is just “fuck the backyard mechanic” engineering
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mcseanerson
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/02/2015 at 00:04 |
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Yeah, and I never get it when it’s a really common maintenance item like the battery or the serpentine belt, especially when things that are less frequently replaced like the alternator are practically in your face.
boxrocket
> mcseanerson
11/02/2015 at 06:55 |
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As much as I loathe and despise gm and their “engineering”, I will say that at least with this setup, it can be removed from the top down and with a standard set of ratchets and drivers (looking at you, VAG). At least it’s not as bad as DaimlerChrysler's idea to put the battery inside the driver's wheel well like the Sebring/Cirrus/Stratus. Removing the wheel should not be step 1 in any battery swap!
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mcseanerson
> boxrocket
11/02/2015 at 09:22 |
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And here I thought I had it bad.
BigBlock440
> boxrocket
11/03/2015 at 08:01 |
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You don’t have to remove the wheel to take the battery out in any of the first gen cloud cars, haven’t had to change the battery on my second gen yet. Just cut the wheel all the way to the left, turn the 4 or 5 clips by hand and pop out the inner fender well, unbolt the 2 bolts holding the brace on, and unbolt the 2 terminals. You don’t even have to jack the car up.
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boxrocket
> BigBlock440
11/03/2015 at 14:14 |
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Fair enough, but it's easier to do with the wheel out of the way.
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BigBlock440
> boxrocket
11/03/2015 at 14:20 |
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Eh, I didn’t find it that difficult with the tire on. There’s nothing hard to reach even. That being said, the tires on the 2nd gen are 205 instead of 195 of the first gen, so the car might have to be jacked up to make a little more room, but I haven’t had to do it yet.