To the inbred ghetto trash that once "worked on" my car:

[verSat1l3]

Seriously, WTF were you smoking when you thought this was a good idea? That slide rod you decided to lathe and refinish with a rubber sleeve was jammed into the slider to the point that I needed an impact wrench, pickle fork set, table vice, and an imperial gallon of PB Blaster. While it twisted in the hole with ease it was jammed in there by the rotten rubber sleeve you thought would do the job. And what better way to do the job than to put the slider on this ghetto rigged part with no lube whatsoever? After all you saved about $5 on the part, better to spend that $5 on a rock than a little lithium grease.

Other highlights I've appreciated since your skilled repair work:

The sr-20 pulleys you installed on the KA motor because they either looked cool or added 50 HP with the way they wobbled around off kilter.

The fact that you torqued every bolt you could find to at least 100ft-lbs. Yea, I love needing a piece of pipe to remove calipers, wheel lugs, TC rods, alternator mounting bolts, manifolds, and timing chain bolts. By the way, I cut the bolts holding the driveshaft to the diff. Your attempt to permanently secure them was for naught.

That motor mount I had to drill and cut with an angle grinder because you stripped the bolt head that holds it to the subframe.

The crimped hardlines on the steering rack. Yes that does look like a good spot to place the motor on. No, you shouldn't do it.

Oh, and finally that headgasket job you did? Phenomenal. That lasted until all of about 5k after I got the car.

Whether your name was Juan, Rajeesh, Kim, Antoine, or Dale: PLEASE, put down the wrench, pull your head from your a**, and go find another profession where your skills can be put to better use, such as Easter Seals or horse inseminator.

And lastly, to the guy I bought it from, who I see hasn't visited this board since unloading this lovingly cared for s14 upon me, I enjoyed your story about why you were selling it. ...Good thing your neighbor is a cop.

[QuicksilverFX]

wow that sucks, i just replaced my rear rotors and pads last week to find the top caliper bolt completely missing... its a shame how some people cant take care of cars

[wmdavis007]

Ouch! Sorry to hear about all that. Your right...some peeps should never be given the right to own hand tool...much less air tools. Hope you finally got most of your probs fixed.

[mrgreeneyes]

someone like me on here! sir, i commend your epic quantity/quality of cynicism and sarcasm and appreciation for all the asstarts of the world.

keep doing what you do!

and my god, punch that effer in the head... wow....

[S13_love]

Wow , that sucks man, good luck with that.

I could say the same thing to whoever worked on my car too btw.

[Didderson]

I could also say the same for the guy who put some dragster s*** in my car, and f***ing up some wiring. Not nearly as bad as you though.

The OEM front calipers come with those sliders with rubber man Unless you're sure this guy lathed a new one? ROFL who does that!Rear caliper sliders don't have rubber s*** inside em. I use the extra rear slider pins on the front J30 calipers with success. f*** that rubber s***.

I also applaud your sig and proclaimed frustration.

[numbnuts240]

find another profession where your skills can be put to better use, such as horse inseminator.

they're hiring again? brb...

[whyteboi]

^^

[White Comet]

my first s13 had the foglights powered by the power wire being stripped back and wrapped around a fuse before it was jammed back in. this caused the wires to melt at one point. the best part is the previous owner is an electrician

[hbpignosePA]

irony?

[fijianrocket]

Yeah, i had something similar with my instrument cluster .it would not light up so i took it out and found the wiring in the back all cut up and other wires attached to it leading to stuff that he had pulled off. It was a mess.

i have learnt if you cant do it well find someone to help you. How else do you learn?

[fun240]

KA's are a dime a dozen

Should just pull that motor and buy a 200-300 running one and rebuilt the screwed up KA

Sorry to hear what happened, but sometimes it does.

If you got the car for very cheap, don't worry about it

Save it

[Hijacker]

At least it wasn't covered in rust like some cars I've had to work on. You cross your fingers, toss a hail mary, and see if lady luck will let you remove a bolt, or just have the bolt head snap off.

[Warped161]

This is the problem with cars of our age, there was plenty of time for people who don't know jack about cars to screw with them. and then dump them when they don't work.

[joenismos15]

DAMN and i thought i had bad luck! Do i dare ask Who you picked that up from?

[initial_jc]

that is how that brake pin is.

On my old car that pin wouldnt slide in so i couldnt reinstall the caliper

it was a bizzle to take out by hand

[maryjane]

the previous owner missed the special olympics hu?

[verSat1l3]

So two of you all mentioned that is the way the stock pin is. Really? I've never seen anything like that before. Why is that the only one on the car like it?

KA's are a dime a dozen

Should just pull that motor and buy a 200-300 running one and rebuilt the screwed up KA

Sorry to hear what happened, but sometimes it does.

If you got the car for very cheap, don't worry about it

Save it

The car wasn't cheap. I've already rebuilt the motor and done the 5spd swap. Including the price of the car, I've invested over 8k so far. I just get pissed when every repair takes 4x longer than it should becuase some idjit thought they knew what they were doing previously.

[ReaperBJJ]

Don't get me started on the a$$ that owned my car before me, I have a plethora of stuff done half-assed on my car including a melted quarter window because he thought it was a good idea to try and fill a dent with wire feed right next to the weather stripping.