PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM

[Hillbilly_Dave]

This 'must put reused parts back exactly where they came from' nonsense is getting really annoying. Like right now, I have to replace the block and 3 of the 4 pistons, I have to pull all 4 pistons out to replace the block. Unless I put the one piston that isn't being replaced in the exact same position it was before, the game counts it as wrong. I'm having to completely rip an engine apart to move a piston and rod cap because I was using the engine stand to do the work and put the kept piston back in the wrong position. The piston is good enough to reuse, but apparently only in one specific postion. This is incredibly annoying and frustrating. It's getting to the point where I'm tempted to just replace everything all new to avoid this problem.

[convey]

So you pulled all the pistons out to replace the block to begin with? if that was the case then i would have replaced the 4, just because i wouldn't wont to break down the whole engine again, same goes for bush's, if you have more then 1 to replace and you have to take them all out to repair the cross member for instance, just replace the lot with replacements above the minimum or brand new one's, nothing worse then going to finish a job and you need a $16 part to finish, too many times...

[Hillbilly_Dave]

Originally posted by convey:

So you pulled all the pistons out to replace the block to begin with? if that was the case then i would have replaced the all 4, just because i wouldn't wont to break down the whole engine again, same goes for bush's, if you have more then 1 to replace and you have to take them all out to repair the cross member for instance, just replace the lot with replacements above the minimum or brand new one's, nothing worse then going to finish a job and you need an $16 part to finish, too many times...

irl hell yeah I'd replace them all but since this is a game and (I'm assuming) I can't force the customer to pay for extra things being replaced, I'm not gonna spend my own money replacing extra parts that don't need it.

[convey]

Yeah but you will have a spare part, saving money on any future jobs the may use it, paying it foward so to speak.

[bimmer4life79]

Take old part, put in new part. Then the next one. It's annoying but it's not the game's mistake if you disassemble all parts first and then you don't know which part has to be swapped.

[convey]

Originally posted by bimmer4life79:

Take old part, put in new part. Then the next one. It's annoying but it's not the game's mistake if you disassemble all parts first and then you don't know which part has to be swapped.

That works most of the time, but when you have to take all the piston's out to replace the engine block...

[Irezel]

In the order list with the items you need to replace, click on the little star icon. it will place a blue highlight on the exact location that new item needs to be put in

[Vert Startail]

Originally posted by Irezel:

In the order list with the items you need to replace, click on the little star icon. it will place a blue highlight on the exact location that new item needs to be put in

the day I found this I was very happy.

[Hillbilly_Dave]

Originally posted by bimmer4life79:

Take old part, put in new part. Then the next one. It's annoying but it's not the game's mistake if you disassemble all parts first and then you don't know which part has to be swapped.

You have to remove everything to get the block out to be repaired or replaced. There's no way around that. All pistons have to come out to replace the block, even if only 3 of 4 need to be replaced.

Originally posted by Irezel:

In the order list with the items you need to replace, click on the little star icon. it will place a blue highlight on the exact location that new item needs to be put in

Yes I'm aware of this, and I did do it, but I had the entire engine on the engine stand working on it and the blue only glows in the vehicle. I tried referencing the blue outline but obviously got mixed up about which end was which when I was putting the pistons back in lol. As annoying as it is to raise and lower the lift multiple times when taking an engine completely down, I'm now just leaving them in the vehicle so I can use the blue to guide me during reassembly if I have to fully dismantle it.

That said, it's still incredibly dumb that reused parts have to be reused in the same positions they came from or the game gets angry and doesn't count the work as finished.

[LvL5tr8]

I have not played this game yet so this is only a suggestion.

Start assembling the block with the unchanged (original) piston. if it is rejected, try the next bore till you find the bore that accepts it. You can then insert the new ones.

It might be an intended behaviour to add a closer sense of realism to the sumulation/game.
In reality, if an engine is sripped down, the original moving parts being re-used should be re-assembled back in their original positions because they have been "bedded-inn" to those relative specific positions. This would apply to parts like cam followers/buckets, tappets, valve and valve spring assemblies, bearing shells and caps, pistons etc...

Also in realty, it makes sense to replace all four pistons as a matched set if three pistons and the block need to be replaced with new items.

Understandably it is a game, but as already mentioned, the re-useable part can be utilised on a different job, so it is not a total waste.

[sikwitit5515]

Definitely would have replaced all 4 and saved the old for a junkyard build.
I take brakes completely apart all the time and the right parts never end up back where they were supposed to.

I'd assume the bottom left of the order screen read replace parts with at least 100% If that was the case then the games kind of acting as it should.
Had it said replace with at least 65% and your wrong piston was at 73% I'm sure it would have accepted the work

[Hillbilly_Dave]

Originally posted by sikwitit5515:

Definitely would have replaced all 4 and saved the old for a junkyard build.
I take brakes completely apart all the time and the right parts never end up back where they were supposed to.

I'd assume the bottom left of the order screen read replace parts with at least 100% If that was the case then the games kind of acting as it should.
Had it said replace with at least 65% and your wrong piston was at 73% I'm sure it would have accepted the work

Yeah but that replace with 100% only applies to the parts that need replacing and are on the checklist. Anything else can keep the parts it started with, in this case a 60something % piston. It was fine to reuse that one, but ONLY if the position it was in at the start.

[Vellari]

Just use the checklist stars to mark parts that need to be 100% (as already mentioned). No need to mess about blindly.

Also the "issue" only applies to story orders. Regular jobs are not picky as long as every parts is above the require percentage.

[Doggie015]

Yeah - now that I've cleared all the story orders, it's kind of liberating to not have to worry about specific parts being at 100%

[sikwitit5515]

Originally posted by Hillbilly_Dave:

Yeah but that replace with 100% only applies to the parts that need replacing and are on the checklist. Anything else can keep the parts it started with, in this case a 60something % piston. It was fine to reuse that one, but ONLY if the position it was in at the start.

I know it only applies to the ones on the list, I just meant I would have replaced all anyway. The extra cost of a piston and rings would have been worth it to me.

Your post says you had to replace 3 of 4, so of course the one needs to go back where it started because the game wants you to replace the other 3 with parts of 100%. The mission can only work on a certain algorithm (replace specific part with x amount) and not the logical fact of "this engine could run"

[Vert Startail]

its probably not possible but it would be nice if the star feature carried to the engine stand.