Ugh... Bought the Aston Martin DLC - Vantage still broken?

[Fuquitto]

Hi guys, I decided not to buy the DLC last year due to seeing issues with the Vantage... Saw it on offer and purchased. Still no fix for sparkplugs etc! Just wasted a good portion of gameplay rebuilding a junkyard Vantage... Red Dot please fix.

[Fritz]

What issues are you having? I just fully rebuilt a junkyard Vantage today, no problems.

[Sonicfear]

The M177 Engine is not broken, here is a screenshot of where the sparkplugs are located: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2913723949

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

There are no issues, spark plugs are simply in unusual location inside engine heads compared to other engines.

[Fuquitto]

Cheers guys, I just checked again and no option at add the spark plugs! I will verify files see if that fixes anything!! :)

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by thekeymaker05:

Cheers guys, I just checked again and no option at add the spark plugs! I will verify files see if that fixes anything!! :)

You need to remove the air filters including air filter bases from the engine to get access to spark plugs.

[jjeff1955]

As in real life very difficult to get to those Modern Engine Spark Plugs, having to remove a lot of stuff to get access to them, LOL!

[astrofelix59]

Originally posted by jjeff1955:

As in real life very difficult to get to those Modern Engine Spark Plugs, having to remove a lot of stuff to get access to them, LOL!

Loved my old '66 EH Holden, could fix just about everything with coathanger wire and a hammer. Kept it kicking until the early 90's, should have been junked 10 years earlier.

[SkinGravel]

Originally posted by astrofelix59:

Originally posted by jjeff1955:

As in real life very difficult to get to those Modern Engine Spark Plugs, having to remove a lot of stuff to get access to them, LOL!

Loved my old '66 EH Holden, could fix just about everything with coathanger wire and a hammer. Kept it kicking until the early 90's, should have been junked 10 years earlier.

I had an '83 Silverado years ago. In my early 20s. Truck was pretty old by this time. I started my truck to go to work, and the accelerator pedal went to the floor and stayed there. Holy balls. The throttle return spring had snapped. I lived in the semi-sticks, way out when it comes to walking. No phone, and nowhere to go. Used the low-torque setting on my drill to wrap a fairly heavy-gauge guitar string, pulling it tight, around the drill bit to make a spring. Got me to advanced auto, or auto zone. Don't remember.

Here's the crazy sh*t. A few months before that, an older gentleman taught me how to make a spring with a drill and a guitar string. I have no idea why. Just a random bit of info he gave me. Got to know him over a few months up that moment, but that was the last time I ever saw him, telling me how to make that spring. I never really questioned it, but life is mysterious sometimes. Or maybe just a proper timing of knowledge passed on. And he's probably long passed on since. He'll never know it, but he saved my ass. I would never have thought to make any kind of spring. I would've had to walk 15 or so miles to get anywhere. I'll hopefully always remember that. Much love to that guy.

Good times.

[jjeff1955]

I can relate to what you felt when that Pedal went to the floor and stuck there. That had happened to me also on my 86 Honda Accord on the way home from work at a stop light, Had to idle my car over to the corner Gas station and call for a ride home, next day throttle cable Snapped. It was difficult find the new Cable, and replace.

[SkinGravel]

Yeah man, it was an intense "what the f*ck am I gonna do?" for a bit.

[SkinGravel]

When I got my wits back and figured out what the problem was, that memory came to me. I remember thinking that I hope this works. By hell, it did. I couldn't believe it until I made the trip to the store.

[SkinGravel]

I bet that messed with you a bit too. Especially if that cable was hard to find. Those old throttle body springs are pretty easy to find and replace. Just the springs. Or they were easy to get back then. Don't know about now. You've worked on the older sh*t. How easy is it to come by those parts nowadays? Especially OEM.

[astrofelix59]

Originally posted by SkinGravel:

I bet that messed with you a bit too. Especially if that cable was hard to find. Those old throttle body springs are pretty easy to find and replace. Just the springs. Or they were easy to get back then. Don't know about now. You've worked on the older sh*t. How easy is it to come by those parts nowadays? Especially OEM.

Elroy Farback (the EH) had a gearbox from a Corolla, 4 on the floor replacing 3 on the tree and otherwise cobbled together from parts from other cars. Required a special touch, gearbox linkages would jam and need some hammering, always fun in the middle of an intersection, as a friend found out, never asked me again to borrow my car. Best car evar.

[SkinGravel]

Originally posted by astrofelix59:

Originally posted by SkinGravel:

I bet that messed with you a bit too. Especially if that cable was hard to find. Those old throttle body springs are pretty easy to find and replace. Just the springs. Or they were easy to get back then. Don't know about now. You've worked on the older sh*t. How easy is it to come by those parts nowadays? Especially OEM.

Elroy Farback (the EH) had a gearbox from a Corolla, 4 on the floor replacing 3 on the tree and otherwise cobbled together from parts from other cars. Required a special touch, gearbox linkages would jam and need some hammering, always fun in the middle of an intersection, as a friend found out, never asked me again to borrow my car. Best car evar.

Haha, that's awesome. I can relate to the three on the tree. An old buddy had a 70-something F100, and it required a special touch too. No one ever asked to borrow his sh*t, either. We worked together landscaping, and he let me drive it one day. That old bastard would get up and go! Only time I ever drove it. This was in the 90s, but his truck was in excellent condition. Not mint, of course, but a badass truck. Green and white. Couldn't tell you the specs. 302 maybe though? Hell if I know. It was great.

I'll have to look up the Elroy. Don't know anything about that at all. Sounds like a Johnny Cash ride, my man. Tell me all about it.

[sosoAR]

i have the same problem with the engine tryed on the car after that i tryed on the stand from 0 and still the same problem couldnt put the spark plugs even without filter and the case