I just love tackling simple jobs only to find that they are undone by the previous owner's incompetent repairs.
Example: Thermostat housing gasket. Normal work of 3 hoses, 3 bolts, old gasket off, new gasket on, 3 hoses, 3 bolts. Find only 2 bolts. 3rd bolt hole has a broken bolt in it. Previous owner attempted to drill it out. Wildly unsuccessful, as he managed to destroy the aluminum of the lower intake manifold, and not remove the bolt.
Engine is vomiting coolant and I have no way to stop it, so I'm kinda stuck. Junkyard, here I come!
TLR Previous owner damaged the LIM beyond reasonable repair, and I can't secure the T-stat housing.
What did your previous owner destroy through carelessness?
Edit: apparently the 4.0 doesn't have a lower intake manifold... damage is to the Passenger side head. you know, the one that you can't replace with the engine in the car.
Example: Thermostat housing gasket. Normal work of 3 hoses, 3 bolts, old gasket off, new gasket on, 3 hoses, 3 bolts. Find only 2 bolts. 3rd bolt hole has a broken bolt in it. Previous owner attempted to drill it out. Wildly unsuccessful, as he managed to destroy the aluminum of the lower intake manifold, and not remove the bolt.
Engine is vomiting coolant and I have no way to stop it, so I'm kinda stuck. Junkyard, here I come!
TLR Previous owner damaged the LIM beyond reasonable repair, and I can't secure the T-stat housing.
What did your previous owner destroy through carelessness?
Edit: apparently the 4.0 doesn't have a lower intake manifold... damage is to the Passenger side head. you know, the one that you can't replace with the engine in the car.