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fahrgewehr2 · #16 03-23-2004, 12:20 AM

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I put a timing chain on my 78 Honda Z50 when I was eight years old, adjusted the valves, and had many years of service from it, this stuff isnt that complicated, people are just ignorant.

Mechanical problem solving is not for everyone. Some people just struggle with it. It's a different stroke if ya ain't used to it

wolf_walker · #17 03-23-2004, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by fahrgewehr2
Mechanical problem solving is not for everyone. Some people just struggle with it. It's a different stroke if ya ain't used to it

Yeah, I know. My mother is a good example, the woman can barely pump gas.

You'd think thought that a fellow trying to do that kinda work would figure when he hit his limit.

fahrgewehr2 · #18 03-23-2004, 02:06 AM

I agree. A Man has got to know his limits.

On the other hand, how many times have we accomplished something that we didn't think we could do? This kid's mistake was that he did not research the project properly. Could have at least had a professional check to see that everything was put back together correctly before cranking away!

RockinWagin · #19 05-11-2004, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by whunter
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I worked in a small foreign car shop while in college (31 years ago now) and the owner there would sometimes pop a few pills to keep himself going, if you know what I mean. One time he was doing a valve job on a 450SL and he put that engine back together fast. You can guess what happened.

My employer was so depressed, I had to do the job the second time--much slower but without incident.

rg2098 · #20 12-29-2004, 11:25 PM

uhhhhh, ouchy.

Jim B. · #21 06-02-2008, 02:38 PM

It should be a felony for some people to pick up a wrench.

jt20 · #22 06-02-2008, 02:46 PM

How very relevant.

Thank you.

bustedbenz · #23 06-02-2008, 03:01 PM

I agree that having a double-checker is handy - but there are people like me who honestly don't have a mechanical inclination.

With somebody who understands what's going on telling me what to do, I can go through it step by step with help - but my dad can look at a fill-in-the-blank and tell you how it should work, why it doesn't, what went wrong, and what has to happen to make it work again. I can't do that - if he tells me "take it apart there, do this to that and these things to the other, and put it back together" - I can do it. But I can't just look at it and make those same decisions.

brownrice78 · #24 01-02-2010, 11:19 AM

In all fairness. When learning, sometimes mistakes are made. Hats off to someone trying to do something the first time around instead of someone telling him that he can't do it. Besides, it's an older jag

whunter · #25 09-06-2011, 04:54 PM

This is a recycled graphic lesson.

vstech · #26 09-06-2011, 05:14 PM

bottom line with nearly any engine, especially an overhead cam equipped one...
read the service manual. if you do not understand the instructions, DO NOT PROCEED!

netboy · #27 09-06-2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf_walker

I put a timing chain on my 78 Honda Z50 when I was eight years old, adjusted the valves, and had many years of service from it, this stuff isnt that complicated, people are just ignorant.

Is this correct? Are you a child prodigy?

I did take my own training wheels off. But I don't like to brag.

Orv · #28 09-06-2011, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bustedbenz

I agree that having a double-checker is handy - but there are people like me who honestly don't have a mechanical inclination.

I used to think I wasn't mechanically inclined, but after years of shadetree wrenching I've actually started to get a good feel for it. Being "mechanically inclined" is 90% experience, I think. The other 10% is having a good capacity for absorbing and remembering information.

The damage at the top of this thread was the result of ignorance. If the kid is at all bright he'll never make that mistake again; hopefully someone has explained to him what he should have done. And hopefully he hasn't been scared off working on cars for life, because it's a fun hobby.