For fathers day my dad bought me a huge tool set. He said it was a gift to himself, so I wouldn't bother him to fix things.
Guys I literally have no idea what any of this shit does, I do computers. My dad says now that I have tools he wont help me, he told me to go out on my car and just play around, I am fucking terrified I am going to break something or get chemicals on me.
When am I supposed to fix my car? My dad just seems to know when and what to do, what is he paying attention to? Sometimes a light comes on in the gauges, other times he starts working on it for seemingly no reason, is he adjusting things? I don't get it.
What tool or combo of tools do I use? Sometimes I see him grab a group of tools out of his tool kit and line them up next to the car before going under it, he almost always grabs them in order. Do they have to be in the right order? Do different combos or orders do different things?
Some of the tools look like they fit together, am I just being stupid or is that supposed to happen?
>Pic related looks close, most cars are built with all the same parts so the tools are standard, right?
When he grabs a group of tools from his kit it's most likely because he knows what tools he needs for the job.
For you? If you've got a somewhat new car, just general maintenance stuff. Oil changes, making sure fluids are level, etc
If you've got an older one with problems then you figure out what's wrong, do some research on how to fix it or refer to your service/shop manual, and go at it
The tools are pretty self-explanatory, it should be obvious what they're used for
Liam Clark
I don't think I have ever cringed so hard in my entire life as a mechanic reading this thread. I hope my kids wrench with me and not sit at a fucking computer all day. Be happy your dad has a little confidence in you. He's trying to raise a man
Ryder Campbell
The easiest thing to do for you is change the oil on your shitbox. Changing tires as well, but usually you don't need to do that unless you get a flat.
Gabriel Morgan
You mean swap a spare. Changing tires is removing the old one from the wheel and putting a new one on.
Sebastian Adams
Well, you swap a spare on the side of the road, then buy a new tire and put it on the old rim after getting the car home.
Henry Lewis
Get the repair manual for your car and follow the next scheduled maintenance.
Lincoln Evans
if you misplace the size 10 socket you will hate yourself. keep that in mind
Oliver Taylor
I'm not retarded, I build and configure my own computers.
>When he grabs a group of tools from his kit it's most likely because he knows what tools he needs for the job.
How does he know what "job" to do? Is he mostly doing general maintenance? Is there a prompt or message in the car somewhere he is reading?
I have tried asking him what he is doing and he just gets pissed off.
I tried helping him instead, figuring I would learn by watching. He didn't really ask me for any help, then told me "you can help by fucking off" after I moved the pole on the thing holding the car up and the car moved. I was only there for a couple minutes so I didn't get to see much.
>If you've got an older one with problems then you figure out what's wrong The car my parents gave me is pretty old I think, at least a couple years. I know people keep cars longer than other stuff though, what do you consider old?
>The tools are pretty self-explanatory, it should be obvious what they're used for They aren't though. I mean I know what a screw driver is, and allen wrenches, and heavy duty tweezers (cars get hot so that makes sense). But a lot of the tools look the same, why are there so many different ones?
Like there was a bunch of things called wrenches, except they don't look anything like an allen wrench, they look like they are used to connect two things. Are these used to hold things together that have broken? What does the handle with the clicky cube at the end do? Why are there so many short metal tubes in different sizes?
>Get the repair manual for your car and follow the next scheduled maintenance. Does it really matter what car I get a manual for? I know they are different shapes but aren't they all standardized underneath? Is it more important that I get a manual for the type of car or the company that made it?
Tyler Adams
>I build and configure my own computers Then I fail to see how this is a problem for you, if you're so good with computers. How did you manage to build a computer if you can't even figure out how a ratchet works?
At this point you're better off just taking it to a mechanic.
