Originally Posted by
JoeO
It’s been my experience that the majority of problems........(And by that I mean things that go bump in the night)......can be solved by coming to this site and:
1. describing what the events or conditions were that led up to the problem
2. remembering unrelated events that may have been a contributing factor
....and usually within a day or, the back and forth chit chat and ridicule from these experienced folk will give you a to do list that will save you money and/or time. Even if you can’t turn a wrench you will be able to go to a garage and look them in the eye and describe the solution..... and scare them with your troubleshooting skills. Don’t go in like an unmarried school marm for they will ravish your pockets.
quite a number of their solutions will be following their directions and simply doing some fairly uncomplicated stuff........the exceptions to the untrained are multimeters, reading
schematics, and learning what screem means.
when you were younger learning clefs, metronomes, and taking piano Lessons ....these guys were under a car in the driveway.
Let's put it this way... For what CrossfireCandidate would pay a shop to fix the Sticky Key issue that has no knowledge of the problem he'd get sold a bill of goods that would go on an on starting with a replacement of the tumbler that won't fix it and then a replacement of the entire ignition and after that I bet $1500-$2000 would have been spent between parts and labor AND HE'D STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM in the new ignition that will present again in time. Heck, $1500-$2000 will buy one heck of a set of tools that can work on about anything so even if one doesn't own a screwdriver, it would be better to watch a Sticky Key fix video, spend $1,500 - $2,000 on an entire set of nice tools and use just a couple of them to fix the sticky key issue! Ya got that problem fixed with absolutely no parts purchased and ya have a killer set of tools for the same price that will last a lifetime!
I think I have a great set of tools I've put together over the years but I got to say I can't hold a candle to pro mechanics. I am in awe of their tools but they wrench for a living and when when speed is key there's always a new tool that can do something on this or that a little faster and easier. I have time so I don't need all that and can get by but wow do pro mechanics have some fantastic sets of tools that can address any issue in short order... That's why the Snap-On trucks keep rolling into dealers and repair shops... There's always a new and better tool to do a job faster and easier.