Thought this would be a fun stress relief. After my recent engine replacement and my emergency Parker fuel sleeve replacement before camping today, I figured I would see what you guys thought.

We all know working on our trucks that some things are a real pain in the butt. And at the time we are frustrated we would probably have a few not so nice words to say to the people who designed these locations. And sometimes we think that obviously these designers never have to work on there own cars or they wouldn’t design them this way.

DISCLAIMER
**** I totally understand the fact that there is only so much room and they have to make it work in those parameters they are given, and by NO MEANS CONDONE any bodily harm to be done ****

Here are a few of my top ones.

1. IPR location (I mean what the heck??)
2. Parker fuel sleeve fitting locations on the fuel rails
3. Baby’s butt clearance/clamp location
4. Removal of engine to replace oil pan


That should get the ball rolling. What do you guys think?

I would go with bellowed uppies, the stock air box and fuel tank mods

Very true. We used to run the van fronts on our ambulances. Looked over the shoulder of one of the motorpool mechanics changing belts. I said no thank you and walked away. We run full-size freightliners now.

The stock air box. I recently upgraded to the AIS. But all they needed to do was add some extra snaps on the side of the stock one.

The fuel bowl lid . I know I sound like an idiot but some times hard to get it to seal .

Most of my list has already been said but I’ll add a couple:

1. The stock transmission cooler. What it it rated for...17K or something like that? For a 20K GVWR truck? Really??!?

2. The A/C that won’t cool the interior of a Chevy Sprint. I know some have good A/C but most of us suffer from back sweat at anything over 80F outside (even with my heater cutout valve).

3. The lower alternator bracket. It makes doing anything over there impossible (e.g. remove the EBP tube or sliding the A/C bracket for more room to work with the VC).

4. The A/C condenser. If that was somewhere else I wouldn’t dread removing that VC or working on #5 or #7 injectors.

5. Rear oil rail plugs. O-rings wear out and the ports should be serviceable with the engine installed.

I know that more than one group has their fingers in the production pie (bean counters, management, engineers, regulators) but I think a lot of my gripes would have been solved with a forward tipping front (like medium duty trucks and big rigs) instead of a hood.

why do you think I have an “F” instead of an “E”?

We had a Class C motorhome when I was growing up. Spent many hours with my dad working on that Chevy 350 (some people watched football with their dad, I worked on cars with mine). It was nice to remove the cowl and work on the back side but everything else about it sucked! I don’t do vans any more or transverse mounted engines. Luckily my wife doesn’t like cars so no more FWD at my house!

Great thread! Love the title. Reps sent.