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Re: [OM] DIY Auto Repair - Sounds like a good idea. Maybe

Subject: Re: [OM] DIY Auto Repair - Sounds like a good idea. Maybe
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:07:52 -0500
Right on. Sometimes the best tool for the job.
I recall the first time we pulled the rear drums
on a beetle. .

On Dec 13, 2016 3:59 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 12/13/2016 9:46 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>> That was indeed entertaining, Ken: mainly because I was reading it from
>>> the standpoint of someone who didn’t need to do that sort of work.  I’d
>>> make a dreadful mess, I’m sure.  Well done, chum.
>>>
>> Thanks. I consider this a watershed project (pardon the pun). . .
>>
>> I've done auto repairs before, it's not like I'm a total virgin. But
>> this is different in that I took on a project that seemed much bigger
>> than what I was capable of.
>>
>
> Ah! Didn't realize that you were a relative naif. Congrats are indeed in
> order, for having the guts and succeeding!
>
> I don't mess with such things much anymore, too lazy, but I used to do
> pretty serious work on my cars. Engine swapping is when it got a little
> hairy. My older son paid scant attention to taking care of things. When the
> Audi 4000 I'd given him started sounding funny, he stopped, looked around
> and saw something running out of the bottom of he engine. Drove further,
> looked again, and the flow had stopped, so he drove back to his place.
> Needless to say, the bottom end was destroyed.
>
> I told him there was no way I was paying for another car or for engine
> replacement, but I would help him buy and install a used engine. We did it,
> it ran, and he ended up in the auto repair business. After disillusionment
> and a break of a few years, he realized he could make more money there than
> he was at other things, so he's back.
>
> Fun is when your son and a couple of friends are trying to do a rear, drum
> brake job*, can't get something to fit back on, and now it's late and dark.
> Pick up a full size sledge, watch eyes bulge as you swing it against the
> part - and then it fits perfectly. :-)
>
> Light Touch Moose
>
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