Something to be said for planning ahead

[lexan_122874 at hotmail.com (Lexan Blanchard)]

So, I am sure many of you are mildly amused by my car-repair learning 
experience, so here's another chuckle for you.

A few months ago, my Mitsubishi Montero Sport needed front shocks and I 
replaced them myself.  No biggie.  The hardest part was getting the bolts 
loose.  I onlly had to remove the wheel, no brakes, no CV joints, JUST 
wheels.

So, now forward to Gisele (yes, I named her and she is a girl).  We are 
close to road time and I went ahead and ordered shocks.  Nothing fancy, just 
plain old Bilsteins (I am not SpeedRacer, just like to drive a little fast 
in a straight line).  I had this crazy notion that the procedure would be 
similar to the Montero, so I figured it couldn't be that hard and would 
maybe take me 2 hours for all 4 corners (since the Montero took about 30 
minutes per wheel).

So, with nothing else to move forward with this evening (oil filter wrench 
is too big, pin is still stuck in fuel distributor and NOT coming out, 
injectors have new seals and are re-installed), I decide to tackle the 
shocks, or at least get started.  So, I remove wheel #1 (driver front).  
Open Bentley and begin to read about removing and supporting suspension 
stuff and making sure things are straight... HUH?!?  I was WRONG about ease. 
  You really gotta take all that stuff apart just to replace the shocks?  
And the pictures really don't look exactly like what I bought; and bending a 
wire for support?  I don't have any wire hangers and don't really know how 
to fashion a suspension sling.

So, I am thinking it may be time to crack a beer and see if installing a new 
stereo may be more up my alley.  Not sure about this either, as they laughed 
at the store when I asked for the wiring harness for the Rocc.  Guess I will 
be soldering?

Maybe I will watch a movie instead.

Lexan

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