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Interested in doing my own car maintenance.. Advice?
crabby3:
@Mouser
As you will discover, reading about repair and hands-on 'fixing' are totally different. Mostly more brused or bloody w/ perpetually dirty fingernails.
Maybe you could use some of your auto-repair knowledge to help weed-out the scam-shops and find one or two that need a little IT help?
You have an ace in the hole. 8)
FWIW: Motor's Auto Repair Manual was my bible back in the mid 60s. Back when the ground was visable while looking under the hood. ;D
mouser:
Too late to turn back now, i have purchased an obscene amount of tools and materials and will soon be jacking up the car and:
* Changing oil
* Changing the brake pads and rotors
* Flushing tranmsission fluid
* Flushing coolant
* Flushing Transfer case and rear differential fluid
* Flushing brake fluid
* Flushing power steering fluid
* Replacing spark plugs
* Rotating tires
I've watched dozens of youtube videos, read a half dozen books, I'm ready to bond with my car through the experience of learning how to care for it :)
cranioscopical:
* Changing oil
* Changing the brake pads and rotors
* Flushing tranmsission fluid
* Flushing coolant
* Flushing Transfer case and rear differential fluid
* Flushing brake fluid
* Flushing power steering fluid
* Replacing spark plugs
* Rotating tires
-mouser (April 22, 2015, 07:44 PM)
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And if you can't get something wrong in that lot you ought to be doing your own maintenance :huh:
mouser:
And if you can't get something wrong in that lot you ought to be doing your own maintenance
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i estimate the likelyhood of me breaking something during each procedure at 5%.
unfortunately that puts me at about a 45% likelyhood of needing to have my car towed to a mechanic before i'm through.
crabby3:
Too late to turn back now, i have purchased an obscene amount of tools and materials and will soon be jacking up the car and:
* Changing oil
* Changing the brake pads and rotors
* Flushing tranmsission fluid
* Flushing coolant
* Flushing Transfer case and rear differential fluid
* Flushing brake fluid
* Flushing power steering fluid
* Replacing spark plugs
* Rotating tires
I've watched dozens of youtube videos, read a half dozen books, I'm ready to bond with my car through the experience of learning how to care for it :)
-mouser (April 22, 2015, 07:44 PM)
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Don't forget hand-cleaner. Liquid gallon size with a hand-pump works best IMO. The cream types tend to liquify when exposed to grease, heat or humidity.
May I suggest Harbor Freight Tools if you're a shop-rag user. http://www.harborfreight.com/# You may have a store near you.
Their mail-order shipments used to take forever. When i used them the choices were next-day, second-day and Conestoga. :-\
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I presume you have an alternate form of transportation? Like if you forgot to get something you need for 'this' repair.
Or the parts you bought don't fit your model.
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