Author Topic: Can i just ask....?  (Read 3693 times)

Dinky

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Can i just ask....?
« on: 22 November 2003, 16:58 »
I was looking through the garage bit n was wondering how all of u like '6,richandhazel,mod, to mention but a few,know about all these bits n pieces on cars?Do use just pull them apart n hope for the best or what?
As i know nothing absolutley,i'm geet dead impressed how us can answer all these queries!

Thats all  ;D

Dinky :-*

kniterider

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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #1 on: 22 November 2003, 17:09 »
not speaking for any one else, but i was brought up with cars, i did 3 years at college doing btec 1st and national in motor vehcile engineering, but after leaving that i never went into the trade as it dosnt pay well enough for my liking! so now a maintenance engineer!!, always kept me hand in tinkering etc and have had motorbikes etc aswell!

sorry to bore ya!! ;D

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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #2 on: 22 November 2003, 17:35 »
I did electronics at school and am into computers and electrical bits big time. I kind of pull my engine apart and clean it and put it back together in the right order. hopefully it works. a bonus is it works better :)

I know just about everything there is to do with ICE, but you can't really mod that. so I clean my engine and do things like that :)

I ask a lot of questions cos I want to learn. also have a look at www.howstuffworks.com ;D I learnt all about gearboxes, turbos and engines on there :)
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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #3 on: 22 November 2003, 17:58 »
I worked in the motor trade for years, WV dealer in NSW, g/box specialist and a couple of main stealers. As kniterider said, the pay was not that good so I left and am now a service engineer in the industrial sector.
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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #4 on: 22 November 2003, 17:58 »
I was looking through the garage bit n was wondering how all of u like '6,richandhazel,mod, to mention but a few,know about all these bits n pieces on cars?Do use just pull them apart n hope for the best or what?
As i know nothing absolutley,i'm geet dead impressed how us can answer all these queries!

Thats all  ;D

Dinky :-*

VR6 spends more time under the bonnet of our car than driving the bloody thing  >:(

He is either working on cars, on here or reading up on it all when its too dark to see anymore.

I shouldn't moan as it saves us a fortune in garage bills but cars are his first love.

Sam xxxx

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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #5 on: 22 November 2003, 18:49 »
I'm an an engineer and have owned and maintained VW's and Audi's for around 18 years. You can't help but get to know them.

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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #6 on: 22 November 2003, 20:03 »
break it and fix it. best way to learn :)
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kniterider

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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #7 on: 23 November 2003, 00:32 »
yup if it breaks fix it your self, if yav got the tools its cheaper! get a haynes manual and read it cover to cover a few times youll get the drift dinky!

golfvr6

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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #8 on: 23 November 2003, 00:33 »
Don't bother with haynes manual , get a bentley one.

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Re:Can i just ask....?
« Reply #9 on: 23 November 2003, 23:48 »
Haynes - Translation Menu: ;) :)


Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer
anticlockwise.

Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with a hammer.

Haynes: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start. Now
you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox.

Haynes: Pry...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...

Haynes: Undo...
Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (giant economy size).

Haynes: Retain tiny spring...
Translation: PINGGGG - "Where the hell did that go?"

Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb...
Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to
dig out the bayonet part (and maybe a plaster or two).

Haynes: Lightly...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead
are throbbing then clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Weekly checks...
Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it.

Haynes: Routine maintenance...
Translation: If it isn't broken, it's about to be. We warned.

Haynes: One spanner rating.
Translation: An infant could do this... so how did you manage to f*** it up?

Haynes: Two spanner rating.
Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low,
teensy weensy number... but you also thought the wiring diagram was a map of
the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you).

Haynes: Three spanner rating.
Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days
Haynes: Four spanner rating.
Translation: You're not seriously considering this are you?

Haynes: Five spanner rating.
Translation: OK - but don't ever carry your loved ones in it again.

Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this...
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Haynes: Compress...
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on it, throw
It at the garage wall, then find some molegrips and a hammer...

Haynes: Inspect...
Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking
at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife "Yep, as I thought,
it's going to need a new one"

Haynes: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to suffer deep abrasions.

Haynes: Retaining nut...
Translation: Yes, that's it, that big spherical blob of rust.

Haynes: Get an assistant...
Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you know.

Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much harder.
Once that sinking pit of your stomach feeling has subsided, you can start to
feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark plugs.

Haynes: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
Translation: Yeah, right. But you swear in different places.

Haynes: Prise away plastic locating pegs...
Translation: Snap off...

Haynes: Using a suitable drift...
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Everyday toolkit
Translation: RAC Card & Mobile Phone

Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Unless you have a blast furnace, don't bother. Alternatively,
clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book, bar what you need to do.
Chris

I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a muscle.