Originally posted by JaketheSnake:
oh i've been around the block a few times (pun intended?) Was confident throughout the project, perhaps over-confident in using the torque wrench. the last and only time using one of those was putting heads back onto a series of 3 liter taurus engines (vulcan 3.0 not duratec) So yeah, i snapped a bolt, got frustrated with the IMRC spring, and lost the throttle retainer clip. all in all not too bad... I'm a trench digger by day, and I load trucks for Fedex in the eve, so doing car projects like this in the time I normally use for sleep usually ends up in a few mistakes. That's understandable, right? Guys??



Totally understandable. I'll never forget the time my father put brake pads on my car backwards (I was only 16 at the time) working at 10 at night. Next day my mother drove the car and said it wasn't stopping well and was grinding something awful. Needless to say I had to throw out the new rotors and start over again

-Chris 2000 SE Sport V6 5spd (all stock except for EO brakes)