How did YOU learn to fix your car?
02-22-2006, 07:24 AM
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i had no choice. my first car ( '78 thunderbird ) seemed to break every time...
i got paid from my part-time job in high school. between friends ,old school wrench heads and tons of scars i became comfortable wrenching. i still won't touch major jobs but i'm lucky enough to not need them. this forum has saved me so much $$$. i wish i had found it in the early days of owning my 90. that's how i found my way here, chasing an electrical nightmare. and guess what i haven't looked back since. as long as this forum is up and running i will NOT own anything but an audi. this forum is a great support network.
great job guys!!
great job guys!!
02-22-2006, 07:25 AM
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Shoulda have said early 60s, looks like 61 is the oldest.
<center><img src="http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B12606.jpg"></center><p>Mine pretty much looked like this except the bumper stuck out 2 feet from the front and held a giant PTO winch. I wish I had pictures of the beast.
02-22-2006, 07:35 AM
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always loved tinkering with things when I was a little kid...
I used to have a stash of part from things I would take apart and see how they worked. Used to do that since age like 3 iirc (parents thought it was funny/cute). THen once I was bigger, I moved up to helping my dad work on our tractor to get it to run right.
First mechanical work I did was when my dad showed me how to fix the brakes on our '95 grand cherokee, but I didn't start getting into the crazy stuff till I rebuilt a carborator on our old '73 John Deere Snowmobile (which we still have and is running becuase of me =P).
From there my brother and I started tinkering with the A4 (brakes), then his CQ (P/S pump and brakes), then when I got the A4 it was allll downhill from there. Basically learned from the 12v email list, AW, and the good 'ol bentley. And what I couldn't find out from those sources I figured out on my own or talked to our mechanic. I'm pretty good mechanically, so I can figure a lot of stuff out if I take my time checking it out.
I'm still learning though... soon to tackle and entire engine rebuild on a MC2 I5 for the 4000
Then maybe learning how to do some programing for my EFI computer I'll be using... the fun never ends!
First mechanical work I did was when my dad showed me how to fix the brakes on our '95 grand cherokee, but I didn't start getting into the crazy stuff till I rebuilt a carborator on our old '73 John Deere Snowmobile (which we still have and is running becuase of me =P).
From there my brother and I started tinkering with the A4 (brakes), then his CQ (P/S pump and brakes), then when I got the A4 it was allll downhill from there. Basically learned from the 12v email list, AW, and the good 'ol bentley. And what I couldn't find out from those sources I figured out on my own or talked to our mechanic. I'm pretty good mechanically, so I can figure a lot of stuff out if I take my time checking it out.
I'm still learning though... soon to tackle and entire engine rebuild on a MC2 I5 for the 4000
Then maybe learning how to do some programing for my EFI computer I'll be using... the fun never ends!
02-22-2006, 07:51 AM
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read everything possible, lived in autoshop during highschool, and take everything i can apart
Once you begin to develop a confidence that everything will eventually go back together you lose the fear of doing new stuff. There is always a way out of a problem even if it ends up being expensive. But then you have learned what not to do again. Right now I am working at a machine shop just to learn how to use the machines and weld. I would pay them for what I'm learning.
