Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by MeanGreen2:

Even in Kremits case...he may have replaced his own T/Belt, and has taken the pole-position of The DIY Brigade, but even he took it to a pro when it came time to replace his own cam gears/pullies, for whatever reason, even tho' he says he's got the right method for holding the pullies, and a how-to book at his side.





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It all came down to the fact that one, I didn't have all the tools and would have to find between work, etc. to go to my dad's house (hour away) to do it. I also had already did almost the whole jump before (the belt,etc.) and didn't feel like doing it again. So I paid a shop to do it, not because I can't do it, but because I didn't want to do it. If I had decided to do it myself, it would have cost me the same in lost time from work and I would have had to do the work to the car, so that wouldn't have made much sense, now would it?



LOL. You're worried about doing it yourself -- "I would have had to do the work to the car" -- worried about the wasted effort, weighing the costs of doing it yourself vs. letting someone else do it...but you're on the thread where a guy spent over **6 hours** trying to find, unsuccessfully, a radiator drain plug @ the O2 sensor, the washer fluid container, etc...but *you* had the nerve to tell me that I was wrong for suggesting that he let someone else do it? Does that make sense to you?


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I understand that you are sorta trying to help on here BUT you're not doing anything that any of us can't do,



Really?

Right now, I'm right in the very middle of doing a complete tune-up, transmission service, shocks, front drive axles, timing belt kit, cam and crank seals, P/S pump, brakes, tires and compressor on a '94 4runner...put it back together.

The guy is real proud of it. His dad gave him the vehicle and it's taken him about six months to save up for this [since the fist time that he came in for an estimate], so do a real good job for him, expert.


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though you've got a bad attitude.



Not nearly as bad a yours. If it wasn't for your bad attitude towards me, I might have flaoted around here for another several months and still not take much note of you being here.

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I and others on here would love to do without your advice if it means we can do without your attitude. Now if you want to have a good attitude, then I welcome you with open arms.



Now if you want to have a good attitude, then I welcome you with open arms.


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And really ANYONE can work on a car. Now total retards will screw up there stuff no matter what and they deserve to, so all those cases you listed (except the girl dieing), they are just getting a lesson to not be so stupid next time and to follow some good directions and not just go at it without knowing what to do.



Not anyone..it takes more than just skill and tools, it takes a desire. Just like you and your cam pullies...you didn't *feel* like it. Tell that to the next customer that pulls up to your front door.

And anyone can let Autozone scan their computer, sell them 3 times the parts that they actually need, put it on themselves...then call me the next day to see what's really wrong...happens all the time.


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I didn't do anything to a car, except change a flat tire,etc. before I got my car but I learned quickly how to do work to it. If you want to do something, you'll learn how to do it. You may not be the best, but you can get close with practice. Or you can believe that you can't really do anything you want in life and you'll end up not living up to your potential, but that's not cool.



Tell that to the next cop that tickets someone when they crashed their car because they couldn't stop in time, due to the damaged ABS system and fouled-up components on the rear, after doing their own brake job..."they got close" ...close to being a real safety hazard to themselves and everybody that they meet on the road.


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You can deny it all you want, but you are trying to start arguements just as much if not more so than me.



No, liar, I'm not. You show me where I have ever entered a thread of yours, jumping on your postings, telling you that you just gave bad advice...that you're telling the guy wrong, etc...show me where I've ever done that, to anyone. You won't find much...but that's your specialty with me.


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Get used to it, people are going to disagree with you on here, and they are going to post it. Don't get so grumpy about it when it happens and it won't turn it to a big deal.



You're the one that's trying to make a big deal out of this, disagreeing with so much of what I say while I doubt that I have ever followed you around from thread to thread, telling you that I disagree with what you just told someone.


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I guess we'll just have to see how you act in future posts, I'm done arguing with you.



Yes, on the next 2 or 3 threads where I give advice to someone else, we'll just have to see if you jump on my postings to discredit my advice, even though I was on those threads, reading your advice, not jumping on your postings to try and dispute you.

Go tell your dad how to work on cars/trucks - tell him what he's doing wrong...I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it.