General Rusty Nuts - RANT

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General Rusty Nuts - RANT

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I love my b(y) , I love the way it looks(y) , I love the way it drives(y) , I love the interior of the car(y) , I love the comfy leather seats(y) , I love the quirky door handles(y) , I love the sound of the induction kit(y) , I love the way the exhaust 'steam' rises from the twin exhausts on cold mornings(y) , I love just staring at the lines(y) , I love the fact its left hand drive (y) and I love the fact that its individual (y) - but :mad: I f*****g hate the totally f*****g s**t quality of the crappy components FIAT insisted on putting the car together with........... why oh why did they build every metal component out of Insta-rust? :mad:

Yesterday I nipped up to see the nice Mr Doogal (top chap! (y)) and relieve him of the downpipe from his b (RIP) and replace the split downpipe on mine. This should have been a 1 1/2 hour job at most but oh f*****g no, every f*****g metal component I needed to unscrew was rusted beyond recognition. :bang:

It started when I unscrewed the bolts on the flange (great word) that joins the downpipe with the manifold - 2 out of the 4 bolts were rusted so badly at the mainfold when I put a socket on them they sheared clean off with virtually no pressure........aagghh :mad:

It didn't stop there though :shakehead , when I tried to separate the CAT from the downpipe I found that the insta-rust bolts used to hold the CAT and pipe together had rusted to half their size so had to be cut off - no chance of doing that insitu so I had to part the CAT from the mid box - guess what? more f*****g insta-rust components in the shape of an exhaust bracket that I had to f*****g cut off as well. The only way to part the CAT from the downpipe was with a hacksaw.......although by this point I was ready to use a f*****g big hammer on it...... :cry:

So, there was no chance of drilling the snapped bolts on the manifold in place so I had to remove the manifold, to do that I had to remove the heatshield and rad fan - also held on by insta-rust bolts...............

:mad: FFS :mad: - all I wanted to do was a simple job - I now have a couple of hours drilling ahead of me tomorrow in order to get the snapped bolts out of the manifold and then another couple of hours of putting it all back together again - all 'cos f*****g insta-rust f*****g nuts and bolts.......

:mad: Rant over - for now.................:mad:
 
...this is the same chap who is trying to persuade me to get another B :D


Seriously, though - if you need any help or any nuts and bolts, you know where I am.

Doogal.
 
Sounds to me like you just need to get a decent set of tools:eek:
I dont have any problems like that(y)

Hmmm, you may have a point............

...this is the same chap who is trying to persuade me to get another B :D


Seriously, though - if you need any help or any nuts and bolts, you know where I am.

Doogal.

Thanks Doogal, I may take you up on the offer as almost all of the bolts have rusted to nothing..........I wish I had taken the CAT as well now! Mind you the big problem is the bolts rusted in the manifold...... :(
 
LRB, re-arrange the following sentence into something you may understand:-
cambelt can still you do own your piggin.
:)
 
I've met Mr SS when buying his old car and decided he's a regular normal Northern well educated gentleman apart from his twin obessions with spotting 'iron birds' & loving a highly polished B. The only other slight distinctive physical features beneath his oily flat cap are the inbred one eye in the middle of his forehead six fingers on each hand for "holding on to the Shekels longer" "spanners" plus forever stuffing pies of course. Regularly marks his territory. A fierce pet Ferret down his trousers held up with used Fiat cam belts, yellowing vest, yellow Crocs & tasteful matching socks with a hint of diesel behind each ear to 'attract the ladies' A Fiat tattoo on his navel. His car is what makes him Stand Out From the Crowd oop North.

BUT my MOT tester said 'His' fully rebuilt engine on the aulde red B had perfect emissions (as does SS) and it starts stops & goes quite well so he's not all bad !!!!!
I may have lied slightly but the MOT bit is true.
 
I've met Mr SS when buying his old car and decided he's a regular normal Northern well educated gentleman apart from his twin obessions with spotting 'iron birds' & loving a highly polished B. The only other slight distinctive physical features beneath his oily flat cap are the inbred one eye in the middle of his forehead six fingers on each hand for "holding on to the Shekels longer" "spanners" plus forever stuffing pies of course. Regularly marks his territory. A fierce pet Ferret down his trousers held up with used Fiat cam belts, yellowing vest, yellow Crocs & tasteful matching socks with a hint of diesel behind each ear to 'attract the ladies' A Fiat tattoo on his navel. His car is what makes him Stand Out From the Crowd oop North.

BUT my MOT tester said 'His' fully rebuilt engine on the aulde red B had perfect emissions (as does SS) and it starts stops & goes quite well so he's not all bad !!!!!
I may have lied slightly but the MOT bit is true.

:ROFLMAO: PMSL (several times) :ROFLMAO:
 
The right tools, enough dry warm space and time goes a long way, but yes I agree the rusty stuck bolts are killing me :mad:
 
Dont ALL us FIAT owners have the benefits of Insta-rust bits? ;)

Wanted a B now I dont, sexy little suckers as they are I hate bolts and nuts that wont be undone!
 
LOL - just how I envsioned spotty :D


Never had problems with my nuts (y) (Only with the rest of the B...:eek: ) I would, though, like to know why on earth it's only possible to remove the dash with an angle grinder or hacksaw? :bang: :bang:
 
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