How do I get into car repair? I know nothing whatsoever, have no tools, and want to learn how to refurbish/repair/maintain a classic car. Can you compare the difficulty to building PC towers? I can do that efficiently.
How do I get into car repair? I know nothing whatsoever, have no tools...
Brody Perry
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Adrian Wilson
The key part to maintaining vehicles is diagnosis, if you repair by replacing parts like you do in a pc its just dirty lego, fucking expensive lego. So if youve more dollars than sense it's straight forward.
Easton Torres
if your PC building skillz aren't quite right your computer crashes and you lose some anime porn
if your car repair skillz aren't quite right you can roll your car or crash into someone else and kill them, landing you in prison and broke after multiple lawsuits
idk man u tell me, lack of hentai or choking down violent nigger dick for 25-life?
Luis Collins
t. jew mechanic
Eli Davis
>jew mechanic
>jew working with their hands
>ever
Unless we're counting rubbing them together, jews don't work with their hands.
Aaron Long
This
Justin Sullivan
>How do I get into car repair? I know nothing whatsoever, have no tools
go get an early 90's fwd shitbox. i mean total shitbox. a Festiva, Metro, or Honda. a little trucc like a D21, ranger, or yota is fine albeit slightly more expensive.
get a manual for the vehicle, go sign up on the specific forum(s) for your car, then go to harbor freight and buy some sockets, jackstands, and a few other cheepo handtools. you should spend no more than $1200 for this.
>Can you compare the difficulty to building PC towers? I can do that efficiently.
for just doing in kind replacement of parts and repairs, its a bit more laborious but with the proper documentation (hence the manual/forums) its about the same in terms of complexity.
understanding why everything works the way it does and using that knowledge to modify cars is a completely different undertaking though.
Sebastian Cox
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Elijah Fisher
Is a RWD okay? My mother used to own a '94 Tempo and I could probably find one cheap, it'd be nostalgic. I've also never enjoyed driving FWD.
Dylan Carter
Get cheap hand tools and go to the junkyard go in and fuck shit up its probably 3 bucks to get in and you can dismantle a whole car and see how they go together
Jayden Carter
For the sake of working on a car for the first time, you're going to like FWD. Not saying it's easier, but there are lots of ease, especially with space and access, with FWD.
Ian Bell
FWD is better for learning on. all of the stuff you are going to fix is pretty much under the hood, but if you got alot of garage space and don't mind buying an extra set of jack stands then, sure, get the RWD.
Brandon Sullivan
That sounds very strange.
Ah, I understand, I have plenty of space and cost isn't too much of a factor. I am looking to get into it as a hobby more than as a necessity.
Charles Hill
>cost isn't too much of a factor
are you rich? i could drive myself into the poor house with this fucking degenerate hobby.
Wyatt Davis
user don't listen to these guys. look. if you really want to learn how to wrench, you need a car that's functionally simple. fuck the electronic bullshit, fuck hooking up a meter to get error codes, fuck crazy fuseboxes that take up half your engine compartment.
buy. a. classic. don't just dip your toes in the pool, if you want to learn to swim you gotta jump in the deep end. do your research, find a car you like, sit on your choice for a few days to make sure, then start looking around on craigslist and ebay and wherever. be patient and make sure the car you buy has a solid frame and isn't completely rotted out. you can thank me in 10 years when you're a pro with a cool car... we never leave this shithole.
James Smith
Strange? Junkyard is life.
Andrew Watson
don't listen to this fag. its a trick.
Thomas Richardson
Get a car and learn by necessity, you'd be surprised how much information crosses over. You'll also want to start reading all about your model on forums: performing fixes and preventative maintenance so that you're not overwhelmed when you inevitably need to fix things.
Justin Myers
Also pic related
Hudson Butler
being mechanically inclined is a must. you have to have a specific mindset to troubleshoot, diagnos and fix problems, anyone can parts change, hell you could tech a monkey to parts change but it takes a certain mindset to mechanic. that being said the first step is patiance and a lot of it. the second step is knowledge and understanding, read, watch, listen and learn as much as you can about mechanical components and systems what theyre called what they do and how they do it. step three is go out and fix shit, start small and cheap, lawn mowers, go carts, atvs ect.
now for tools. harbor freight hand tools are cheap and they work, most of my shit at home and at the shop is hf. expect to spend around $300 on wrenches, sockets, rachets and srew drivers, jack, jackstands and a 2lb hammer. get metric and standard, regular and deep well. anything else you can get as you need it
the best way to learn is by doing so go out and do but remember building/restoring a car is a long and expensive journy that can take years of weekends and way more money than you expeted, tnis is where patiance comes in
Jack Brooks
it's not a trick. i bought ol' blue with no wrench experience, and after 3 months of hard work i drove her halfway across the country. you can read the story here, which i posted to /diy/ over a year ago warosu.org
Luke Garcia
In this day and age all he needs is metric if he's practicing on a more modern car
Isaac Evans
Buy an old car that you like. Buy/pirate a manual for it. Drive it. Love it. Buy tools at harbor freight when necessary. Fix issues as they come. You'll learn
Elijah Barnes
t. Jew
Jonathan Gutierrez
jews have higher IQ's than wh*toids
Leo Peterson
It's a completely different animal than working on PCs, although having a hobby like that is a good jumping off point. There's a whole laundry list of difficulties involved in restoring and maintaining classics like that Super Bee, but they're worth it IMO. My father worked on tons of Mopars when I was growing up youtube.com
Do you want to restore Mopars? GMs? FoMoCos? They're all very different. The Mopar community in particular is driven by numbers matching cars and accurate resto jobs.
Why do you want to restore them? Do you want a Sunday driver? Do you want to restore to factory and go to shows?
Have you any background experience with working on cars or motorcycles at all? If you don't, I wouldn't recommend starting off with a classic like that and doing a half ass resto job and ruining the car.
Do you mind not getting out what you put in financially? More often than not you're gonna take a loss on the car you're restoring.
Do you mind constantly scouring the internet for parts? Original parts are increasingly hard to come by, and a quality resto job will need them.
Do you mind it sucking up all your free time?
I cant think of a whole lot more but TLDR It's a really time consuming hobby that takes tons of disposable income but is very rewarding. Take 's advice