Thanks for the encouragement, I'm just always afraid of breaking stuff.
But if anyone knows where I can get my hands on a book for a '68 1600
please let me know.
Denis Jiron
'68 1600
Northridge, CA
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, mg boy wrote:
> Dave,
>
> If your in college, then the following few things are
> a given:
>
> (1) short on dollars
> (2) long on time
> (3) able to read text and apply what is written.
>
> If you want to spend money, then invest in two things
> (1) tools and (2) yourself. If you do a half-a$$ job
> on the bondo, then you'll spend as much money to fix
> the problem at some later date.
>
> I taught at the college level for 3 of the last 4
> years (chemistry). During that time, I realized that
> much of what I was teaching was information that
> students could get on their own. Treat car repair as
> a college course, the final examination will be to see
> if any one ever notices the repairs that you did to
> your own front fender. If nobody ever asks you, then
> you got an A.
>
> I am a self-taught mechanic. Much of what I have
> learned came from owners manuals, shop repair manuals
> and books from the library (usually city not
> university). The rest came from talking to experts (on
> this list, at car shows, in body shops . . etc).
>
>
> A wise friend once asked me "Why do most Americans
> implicitly trust the advice of doctors and a car
> mechanics, but the doctors make 100K/yr and a car
> mechanic makes $5.10/hour? If the doctor 'screws'
> you, then you may have a few months to live. But if
> your car mechanic 'screws' you, then you can't get to
> work tomorrow morning!"
>
> Needless to say, I didn't have an answer.
>
> Bottom line . . . read how to do it and empower
> yourself.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff Mathys
>
>
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