How about the Pontiac Sunbird which requires either engine removal or using a hole saw in the firewall structure behind the dashboard to get to the rear two sparkplugs?
Or the Jaguar XKE which requires removal of 3/4 of the interior, most of the front suspension, the entire exhaust and intake assemblies, the distributor and all of the other engine driven assemblies to change a clutch? Or removal of the entire exhaust and rear suspension assembly to service the rear brake calipers? Or the Nissan 300Z which requires 2 hours of component removal just to FIND the spark plugs? All front engine, rear drive cars. Yeah, a Chevy Caprice *is* a pretty easy old lump to work on. Lots of space = ease of service. On the other hand, a good mechanic can pull the entire engine- transmission assembly out of a densely packed Austin Mini, strip the transmission and replace the bearings, and have the car back on the road in less than 5 hours. It's all a matter of the particular design. Front engine/rear drive cars are simpler designs, but not necessarily always easier to work on. Well designed FWD cars can be a piece of cake too. That said, I recall a Citroen DS21 that took about 22 hours to change a left side motor mount too. A nightmare. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
