[jscorse]

I bought a tougher strap wrench.. that just slipped. I gave the starter one little punch, it make a small bang as the pipe 'tightened' against the hammer I had it resting on and that was enough for me. Nothing happened it didn't budge and I'm not trying it again. I don't want to rip the car apart.

I'm so frustrated. I'm being forced to take the car to someone I just don't trust anymore with my 'old' baby and spend lots of money. THe dealerships have a vested interest in getting my car back to the shop over and over. They've broken bolts off and not bothered to fix them. I just can't take it there anymore and yet I have no choice but to bring it to a dealer because of this friggin' 'special' tool.. and the fact that the previous slep probably over torqued it on.

Is there some way I can rent this tool from someone? I'm going to give a couple of local dealers a call to see if they'll let me borrow one or something.