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Old 03-24-2024, 12:04 AM   #15
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My first car (which I built) was easiest to work on.
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My first car (which I built) was easiest to work on.
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Old 03-30-2024, 11:10 PM   #17
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It's a nice, fun, and easy to work on car so far.






It helps to have a bike to screw around with and build that mechanic confidence muscle with.




A driveway lift helps too.




(having some tools helps too, I suppose)
Great pics man, and yes i have a ton of tools myself, but i don’t have one of those wonderful 4 wheel lifts like you, its on my list of back and knee savers to purchase. Lol. Did you get yours from an online retailer? Or?
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Hells bells, back in the day, I used to do ALL of my own work on my automobiles.

All that was needed was a spark plug wrench, a screwdriver, a 9/16-1\2" wrench, a thin dime (to set the points), a fingernail file (to file the points), a good ear (to set the timing), a pair of pliers and a socket set if you were going to overhaul the engine.

However, today, I feel lucky to find the dipstick to check the oil -
Yes i had a ‘72 Camaro RS For many years and everything is a breeze on the old gals. Those inline sixers like in your pic are even easier, can do a full tune up in less than an afternoon and NOTHING is in your way. Then the so called “Engineers” started to screw owners and mechanics on purpose.
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Depends on the condition of the car.

I did coilovers, rear control arms, and camber bolts on my BRZ that's stored over winter and doesn't have an ounce of rust on it. Every bolt came out with zero issues. Everything went right together with no issues.

Doing just brakes on my SO's Sentra is a chore. Rust, seized slide pins, ordering parts you didn't think you'd need. Using heat, drilling out snapped bolts, etc. Everything is seized and caked on.

Generally though, doing any type of maintenance, fluid changes, replacement parts, feels like you're giving the vehicle new life. Super satisfying.
yes garage keeping really helps, especially in our area, i store mine as well. I’ve also had my fair share of firing up the torch to relieve seized bolts of their duty. haha. Hey don’t forget to give me some notice for your next meet around the ‘Burgh, i check my account here about once per week.
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You guys work on your own cars ?!?
Yes sir we do, this is a pretty simple car to learn on if you want too, unless your just being sarcastic. Its hard to tell
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Yes sir we do, this is a pretty simple car to learn on if you want too, unless your just being sarcastic. Its hard to tell
It’s sarcasm. Only like 11k of my posts are shitposts. Some are technical.
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Great pics man, and yes i have a ton of tools myself, but i don’t have one of those wonderful 4 wheel lifts like you, its on my list of back and knee savers to purchase. Lol. Did you get yours from an online retailer? Or?
Costco had a great sale. 1200 shipped including a bunch of extra goodies.
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Costco had a great sale. 1200 shipped including a bunch of extra goodies.
Damn i wish i was a Costco member and saw that, that sounds like a steal.
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