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Good topic! Mine would have to be:

Bronze:
O2 sensor in the '90 SPG. It must have fused itself in there. Totally stripped the elbow and broke an exhaust stud trying to get it out (we took it to a shop to drill out the stud and they broke two bits inside and charged me $200). Getting the new sensor in was just as bad!

Silver:
A busted brake line in a '92 9000 turbo a couple of years ago next to the firewall behind everything. I didn't have enough joints in my arm to reach back far enough after two weeks of bending and breaking myself, so I had to make friends with a particularly skinny girl and have her do it for me. That relationship didn't last very long.

Gold:
New floor in the '90 SPG. There had been a leak in the lower passenger corner of the windshield for years. It turned the under carpet into acidic mush that rotted right through the floor. I took it in for inspection, not knowing, and the mechanic pulled me out to watch him punch his fist right through the floor. No one would touch it, so I did it myself. Sawzalled out the pass floor, riveted in new sheet metal, and undercoated it. I still have stains from the undercoating and scars from the sheet metal, and every once in a while find rusty metal flakes behind my ears.

Honorable mentions:
Upper passenger side control arm bushings, thermostat while broken down at a wedding with no tools in a suit and tie, mouse nest in a replacement exhaust, and the lower radiator hose with the little finger and the far end that connects under the AC compressor (AC compressor had all stripped bolts - had to drill through the side of them and stick an awl through to get them turning).

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• the worst service ever?, Siegfried, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:33:09
  • 2nd silver award: wheel alignment on driver's side, Siegfried, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:24:37
  • Re: the worst service ever?, RadioFlyer, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:34:31 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Full spring/damper swap with the wrong compressors, nicknick , Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:07:50
    • Re: Full spring/damper swap with the wrong compressors, James, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 04:01:45
      • 404 (n/m), Siegfried, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 06:45:44
        • 602 (n/m), vsfoxe , Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:07:43
          • lol: http error code, not a Pugeot, nor an Unimog. nm, Simon S, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:37:35
        • part number, James, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:46:58
          • about the same compressor failed on the 2nd spring, Siegfried, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:59:54
            • Yikes, spring compressors not for me! n/m, CBS , Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:59:47
            • yup that's the one!, James, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:38:07
              • Re: yup that's the one!, Simon S, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:34:46
                • Re: yup that's the one!, James, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:06:42
                  • clarification, James, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 14:08:12
                • Differnt 'un, turbocon86, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 12:31:40
                  • Dear Santa! Please send me this set!, Siegfried, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:13:14
                    • Our Oriental trading partners seem to believe..., RayF, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:22:28
                      • Re: Our Oriental trading partners seem to believe..., turbocon86, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:27:55
                        • That is really nice-i'm going to wait until i get one, nicknick , Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:17:22
                    • Santa will need at least $125, turbocon86, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:20:40
                      • oh... That sounds good to me!, Siegfried, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:29:15
        • that's funny, I checked that after I posted!, James, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:42:33
  • Re: the worst service ever?, James, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:42:23
  • My vote for #1 is the steering rack, Notnoel , Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:15:43
    • Re: My vote for #1 is the steering rack, JoeK, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:25:55
      • Yep, steering rack, thresholdmusic, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:06:26
      • ooooohhhh yeahhhhh!, Notnoel , Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:02:38
  • + alternator replacement (n/m), Siegfried, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:15:30
    • Re: + alternator replacement serious improvise, thresholdmusic, Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:13:07
    • Helpful tool combo, Hans, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:26:43
    • Re: + alternator replacement (n/m), CBS , Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:28:08
      • Alternator weld, turbocon86, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:27:32
        • ha :), Siegfried, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:02:30
      • Re: + alternator replacement (n/m), turbocon86, Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:23:13
        • Re: + alternator replacement (n/m), PaulS , Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:32:57

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