(November 13, 2018 at 4:05 pm)Fireball Wrote: Learned all my mechanical skills as OJT. By the time I stopped working as a mechanic (graduated university) I was ASE certified for engine tune-up and repair, air conditioning and brakes, and held state licenses for brakes, lamps and SMOG repair. I can overhaul everything from the engine cooling fan to the differential* on cars made before all the sophisticated stuff came out, but could probably do them with a manual- I'm more than a little rusty. Back in the day I used to drag race (street- that was stupid) and road race (mountains- that was even stupider). I have dead friends to prove how stupid those activities are. Raging hormones, what can I say? I'll be pulling the engine out of my '70 Chevy truck soon to overhaul it. Still waiting for my hands to heal enough from surgeries done last year.
*I don't bother to overhaul automatic transmissions or air conditioning compressors- they take too many one-use specialty tools.
My first vehicle was 1970 C-10. 350 4 bbl quadrajunk and a 400 tranny.
Put a cap on back - with a bed and carpeting....
Gotta keep yer priorities straight...
