Technical Never would have expected that!

I saw on someone's thread that the head ticking sound turned out to be a bad seal at the donut gasket. I hate it when you chase a problem for ages to only find you're barking up the wrong tree (and having it be an easy fix still gives mixed emotions).

The one that got me was a mopar power steering box that started having steering fluid come up through the top adjustment nut. I adjusted and sealed it over and over again. No change. Then one day the wife happened to bump the wheel while I was looking under hood and a laser-thin spray of steering fluid shot from an open pore in the power steering hose-That pore was aimed directly at the depression for the adjuster nut. Grrrrrr... new hose=done.

Any one have a similar issue that ended up being something off the wall and unexpected? -rick

 

Two OT cars. First kept stalling on my wife, we thought the fuel pump was going. Turned out to be the fuse for the fuel injection. Next one (closer to HAMB cars, but still twenty years too new), similar problem. She screams, yells, rants, etc. that it's a fuel issue. Pull fuel hose from injector, she cranks, plenty of fuel. After some back and fourth, I check the cap and rotor. Both well worn. Purchased new ones and had the car going in about five minutes.

Usually, my car problems and the fixes are right where they always are; on the wrong side of the pay check.