my dad was a ACE hobby-mechanic.he tought me alot but i wished i learnd more..
he was full on. swappin engines into this...machiening and boreing out that,bla bla...
most work i do myself except for the sketchy bottom end stuff in the case,heads and transmission
but oils,starters,alts,brakes,plugs,filters, timing...all the top end stuff i can do on my own and it saves a ton of money and hassle.
i just replaced the brake pads in my van the other day...parts cost me only $24 dollars. time,about 2 hours or so.
if i had that done at like canadian tire its easily 150 plus.
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