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Because women are smart enough to get a proper band aid!
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Yes that is my finger... yes that is electrical tape wrapped around a piece of folder paper towel. Nicked it right in the knuckle!
No, that's not the circulation being cut off to my finger... it was just that dirty on the tip... you try replacing an element on a grille top and see how clean your hands are afterwards!
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I happen to think wearing skirts is smart, as is improvising a band-aid. Been there, done that. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, but more often it's just a mother...
KJ, soiled is the normal condition for a shade-tree mechanic. I learned once, trying to remove a transmission from an Opel Kadet (thus revealing my antiquity), just how easily it comes out when you put a hydraulic jack under the front of the engine and give it a couple pumps. Luckily, I had a strong chest in those days. But it took a while to get all the 90-weight washed out of my hair.
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My father was a motor mechanic by trade, one of the best, there never was a mechanical question he couldn't answer. This was in the days before gloves and when they blew the brake dust out of the drums with compressed air - brake shoes and pads had asbestos in them days but then they didn't realise how dangerous asbestos was in those days. And yes his hands were perpetually a dark bown colour from the oils, transmission fluids and general oil-based gunge that seems to gather in all unseen parts of the car. He rarely had any finger nails of any length either as he was continually breaking them during his work.
I believe in offering every assistance short of actual help but then mainly just want to be left to be myself in all my difference and uniqueness.
I've done quite a few transmission swaps and clutch jobs on the Volvo 240's... Not much different. Transmission usually weighs a little more, due to the Laycock de Normanville overdrive hanging off the back of it, though.
I to have done my share of transmission pulling, last of which was a 1984 GMC Suburban. It was an automatic trans and dropping it , sliding out from under the vehicle, and lifting it into the boot of my car did permanent damage to both my shoulders. ( torn rotator cuffs and a torn bicep tendon) These days I limit my automotive chores to brake work and oil changes.
rick401r wrote:I to have done my share of transmission pulling, last of which was a 1984 GMC Suburban. It was an automatic trans and dropping it , sliding out from under the vehicle, and lifting it into the boot of my car did permanent damage to both my shoulders. ( torn rotator cuffs and a torn bicep tendon) These days I limit my automotive chores to brake work and oil changes.
My days of auto repair ended when they went to EFI and transverse engines. If I never have to crawl under another vehicle again, it will be just fine.
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dillon wrote:My days of auto repair ended when they went to EFI and transverse engines. If I never have to crawl under another vehicle again, it will be just fine.
It's still important to know why and how they work. Knowledge helps one to keep from being taken to the cleaners by unscrupulous repair facilities. There's a vast gulf between knowing precisely what's wrong and how to fix it -- even if you opt to farm the repair job out -- and whimpering because the magick stopped working.
Retrocomputing -- It's not just a job, it's an adventure!
dillon wrote:My days of auto repair ended when they went to EFI and transverse engines. If I never have to crawl under another vehicle again, it will be just fine.
It's still important to know why and how they work. Knowledge helps one to keep from being taken to the cleaners by unscrupulous repair facilities. There's a vast gulf between knowing precisely what's wrong and how to fix it -- even if you opt to farm the repair job out -- and whimpering because the magick stopped working.
And one doesn't have to be a mechanical "expert" to not be taken for a ride. Just have a basic understanding of how the machine works. If a mechanic uses a word you've never heard of before... look it up! In this modern age of youtube, DIY sites, weblogs, etc, there really is no excuse for going around ignorant. We basically have the grand sum of human knowledge at our finger tips.
How did either of you derive from my post your assertion that I don't understand the workings of an engine, just because I don't have the tools, facilities, trained skills, or general patience to make repairs? You both clearly have a knack for reading, albeit errantly, between lines. Or perhaps it is just your inner curmudgeon being grandfatherly. Regardless, show me a garage that doesn't plug a modern vehicle into a computer to analyze issues before working on it. I'm not a believer in zen or faith healing for motors or much else.
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dillon wrote:How did any of you derive from my post your assertion that I don't understand the workings of an engine [...]
I certainly didn't, because clearly you do know and simply opt to farm the work out. This is absolutely fine: heck, I do just that. I was bemoaning the fact that altogether too many have no idea how the conveyances work -- in a culture based on the automobile.
Show me a garage that doesn't plug a modern vehicle into a computer to analyze issues before working on it.
What happens when the computer points to the wrong thing? They've gotten better over the years, but I've still seen them point to things that are, in fact, fine and were being perturbed by other failures that the computer cannot sense. Basic troubleshooting ability is still very important even in our increasingly computerised world.
(There's a reason I got out of computer repair. The machines got so good at diagnosing themselves that it wasn't any fun any longer. So I took up programming and systems administration and get my hardware fun with period stuff that doesn't troubleshoot itself.)
Retrocomputing -- It's not just a job, it's an adventure!
dillon wrote: Just have a basic understanding of how the machine works. If a mechanic uses a word you've never heard of before... look it up! In this modern age of youtube, DIY sites, weblogs, etc, there really is no excuse for going around ignorant. We basically have the grand sum of human knowledge at our finger tips.
Right! I keep the shop manual for my old truck in the glovebox.
That was a first rate improvised bandage. I actually carry a roll of white electrical tape in my bag next to my wallet. Along with a sharpie pen, it also makes a good wire labeling kit.
