You bunch of pansies. Come by the shop and figure out why the can-low network is pulled low, and can-high is starting from 1.3 volts instead of 2.5.
I love doing a mechanics job. I never signed up for this technician bullE36 M3.
You bunch of pansies. Come by the shop and figure out why the can-low network is pulled low, and can-high is starting from 1.3 volts instead of 2.5.
I love doing a mechanics job. I never signed up for this technician bullE36 M3.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
And now you know why I like carburetors and distributors!
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
If that's a regular maintenance item, you need to stop working on so many GMs 
I'd say Ford, but GMs seem to attract all the wiring nightmares, that tend to be operator induced. Pull open a loom and find that someone who shouldnt be allowed near vehicles has been there.
We had a Suburban last year that racked up 13 hours of labor. Fix one thing and there's another issue, then you drop the fuel tank/remove the back seat/etc and find more wads of electrical tape hiding corroded twisted wires.
I don't think they were trying to repair broken wires, I think whoever was working on it tested circuits by cutting and stripping a wire.
Tom Suddard said:Drum brakes. Yes I have the special tools. Yes I know how to do them.
No, that doesn't make it any easier.
I'm convinced that drum brakes were invented by Big Disc to sell more disc brakes.
I'm a Big Disc fan boy.............I don't care that they've played me.
Brake lines
Anything with rust on it or press fit.
Whoever started the trend of transverse mounted engines can berk off.
I'm 63 and have never paid for an oil change, and I don't mind drum brakes. Since I no longer have a guy who can do custom bending I dislike exhaust work, but my least favourite type of work is unplanned. I like to do things on my own terms, not the terms of the vehicle in question. Sometimes when something breaks it takes me a day or two to wrap my head around it and develop a plan I'm comfortable with.
In reply to Peabody :
Amen. Especially thrashing because you need that pile to get to work. That is unparalleled stress.
I'm unique here I'm sure, but pretty much anything. I never learned to work on cars in my youth. Since I started Lemons 14 years ago I've learned to at least be competent in the basics. However over the past few years I've found myself enjoying it less and less. I don't do oil changes anymore, or just about anything. Still love cars and driving but busting knuckles just isn't for me.
Fluid and filter on any automatic.
ATF in the armpit every time.
In reply to SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) :
I started bustn' knuckles and wrenchin', bout the time you were born! On bicycles and lawnmowers, since I'm not THAT much older!
But it's long enough , I have a bit of trouble wrapping my mind around you saying that! 
Until the recent purchase of a 2post lift I loathed doing tire rotations. Lugging the jack back and forth and the jack stands in the hot sun. Plus, it's a quick job so you don't think to put on the garage clothes, but then if you don't you end up with black marks on your regular clothes.
exhaust work... it's always rusty, bolts always break, etc.
anything with bolts that screw into larger parts... threads get messed up, bolts break, etc.
anytime I cross thread something I feel like I have done irreversible damage and that hurts my soul...
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