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I'm in agreement with most of that list, but I think, in this day and age, you could take "Rebuild an engine" off. Unless it's for rebuilding an otherwise unobtainable original engine for a restoration, it makes no sense. First, engines last so long now the average person who takes decent care of his vehicle will never need to replace/rebuild the engine. If you did have such a need, it would make a lot more sense to just swap it out for a crate engine.

Willy G paid the nissan dealership to put a battery in his truck. they broke it off in his asssssssssss


Then he paid midsouth Honda to put in starter in his Foreman wheeler when all he needed was a battery

They nailed him for a battery and a starter

Oh well learn how to use a volt meter

Stupidity is painful

Showrooms are built by willy G types


LAUGHING

Sure illegal Mexicans will do it for really cheap..... and your women will stand in admiration.... hahahahaha

I made a living working in a mantainance department so I am able to do a lot of my own repairs. I can do a lot of my own repairs on the house, vehicles, boats ect, Many times though, depending what it is, I will hire it out because what will take an expert say a day to do, might take me a week. Then there is murphy's law that seems to come into play many times. Sometimes the job just plain sucks and even though I could do it, I don't want to.

True enough, the bigger point is the ability to rebuild it means you have complete hands on knowledge of what makes it tick.

It's the same in all western democracies. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that we earn more money and have more comfortable lives than our forebears did. I know I'm guilty of not teaching my two sons, when they were younger, many of the skills that my father taught me. He grew up in the great depression of the thirties and went through WWII and didn't waste anything much.

It's just easier to pay someone to mow your lawns or service your car when if it's out of warranty.

I was thinking about just this topic this weekend. My son Jake is in high school. His girlfriend has a sister who's car battery died Saturday. Her boyfriend, a civil engineering student in college, didn't know what to do with the car. So, they call my son (her dad is out of town). My son goes over, tried to jump start and battery was too far gone. Pulls it, takes it to auto parts store where he discovers the battery had been bought there and gets it replaced for free under warranty. Returns and puts it on, bingo the car starts.

I was proud of him. Her dad was too.

I will say that, now that I'm older with more discretionary cash, there are a lot of things that just aren't worth it for me to do. Not that I couldn't do it, I just don't HAVE TO now.

Do your own colonoscopy?

I know people who break it by trying to fix it

Damn right, well said.

Got the ‘merit badges’ for all those, and a degree and career in geospatial analysis.

28 teeth too

And I’m not even a logcutter.


But I did that today too, so.....that nips that in the bud.

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I have enough to worry about to take time and criticize other fellows skill set. Or lack there of.

Just look in the mirror for example #1.

I knew a urologist in Norman, Oklahoma that did his own vasectomy.

Sound wisdom.

Or save one's own soul.

That takes balls.....

Have built 3 different 383 Mopar engines, 3 small blocks, 318,349,360

Rebuilt my 2.2 in my s-10 twice,

I don’t count engine and tranny swaps, don’t count the ones I’ve helped buds with.

None us have those mr goodwrench patches either.



Have two does hanging in the garage at the same every valve is bent in the head of your work truck, got a college chemistry exam next evening....

What to do, what to do....foucking sack up and pull an all-nighter

Big, swingin’ furry ones.

Can you do your own colonoscopy, son? Please show Wabi.

When changing oil on small engines, the vacuum style oil extractors that draw the old oil out of the dip-stick orifice sure are handy. Lawn mowers, snow-blowers, ATV's, 4-stroke outboards, etc typically have 0 thought put into draining the used oil. They usually just get oil all over the place making a big mess. The vacuum extractors use a straw down the dip-stick hole and build vacuum with either a hand-pump or compressed air. The oil is drawn into a graduated container so you know you got it all out before re-filling w/fresh stuff.

Well worth the ~$80 to get rid of small-engine oil-change mess.