the car is pure impossibility. it was imposible to tear down because every screw was thread locked in with crap tons of the stuff. the screws themselves were 2mm hex button heads which strip if you look at them wrong. Cleaning it almost seemed impossible at times as well. the rear diff had leaked and all of it had dried up so that was a struggle through most of the night. then when i started re-assembly i discovered a whole host of issues and most of them stemmed from ocm's piss poor plastic mold Q/c. thats going to require the finisher (the last word in problem parts, my dremal) oh and parts are impossible to find online as well but im very fortunate that this one came with about $300 in nip parts but none of the ones ill likely need like diff pinion and ring gears, front uprights, spare bearings and hardware, or even the wheel nuts.
to top all this off im ambidextrous but have nasty deep cuts on bothe my left and right thumb and pointers. and as an added bonus none of my racers are ready so ill be doing track prep and going home so no blowing off steam on the driverstand either.
not a good night for me. i need a beer or maybe some pot (im saying this at 0530 mind you)
but the bright side, mugen mbx5t sets are a drop in so ill have to buy a full ring/pinion set.
