I'm working on my cars again :)

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I'm working on my cars again :)

Postby Jared » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:52 pm

It's finally starting to warm up and I can finally install the heater components that I bought for my 65 Comet....

However firstly I'm going to work on the brakes on my 2002 pt cruiser :) Stopped at the Advance auto parts today because they are the cheapest ones locally and got some decent rotors and pads for my 4 wheel disc brake setup :)

Will probably try to get at least the front brakes and rotors replaced tomorrow night if not the back too...

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Re: I'm working on my cars again :)

Postby pepper_airborne » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:13 pm

Cool, i wish i had mechanical skill to work on machinery, i know how my bike works and can do basic maintenance, thats were it stops :(. I always have the outmost respect for people that can do that stuff themselves!
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Re: I'm working on my cars again :)

Postby Jared » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:07 pm

lol, I don't have a lot of mechanical skills really...I just try to go out to the garage and start tinkering until it ends up working. If I fail to fix it myself I have to pay someone else to finish the work for me which is even more incentive to complete the work myself :).
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Re: I'm working on my cars again :)

Postby Ivan » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:24 pm

a 'pt loser'... be ashamed of yourself...

That car has the worst handling you can imagine (for european standards that is)
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Re: I'm working on my cars again :)

Postby Triple_7 » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:07 pm

4 disk brakes...gotta love them ;D  Drum brakes are such a pain in the arse to work on [smiley=door.gif]

I don't have a lot of mechanical skills really...I just try to go out to the garage and start tinkering until it ends up working. If I fail to fix it myself I have to pay someone else to finish the work for me which is even more incentive to complete the work myself


Thats the best way to do it...learn by doing.  How I've learned to work on trucks and cars over the past few years.  Rarely need a shop now 8-)

I've found changing an oil filter on some cars to be a bigger PITA than rebuilding brakes.  Whoever designed the engine in a 2000 Cavalier must have never changed oil before :P  Her car is nearly due for a change again too :'(
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Postby todayshorse » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:35 am

a 'pt loser'... be ashamed of yourself...



I can think of a few worse names for it........ :D
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Re: I'm working on my cars again :)

Postby Jared » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:53 pm

[quote]4 disk brakes...gotta love them ;D
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