post a *PIC* of your latest purchase (can be anything as long as you purchased it)

[Kornholio]

Even though it'd take longer to get the information they'd need, most folks would do better to buy a Chilton's manual or the actual shop manual for what they want to work on. The majority of YouTube "mechanic" videos are performed by some seriously shady tree "mechanics" who can easily get you into trouble that you'll likely have a hard or expensive (or both) time trying to get back out of.

 

[brichter]

Youtube mechanics == you get what you pay for. Good for reference some of the time, but you'd better know what you're doing or take it to someone who does.

 

[Sharxfan]

I have done a bit of mechanicing in my time but I was not sure about the hardline and there was no way to get it around it. So I did what any sane person would do and disconnected the hardline no liquids came spewing out so I moved it a little out of the way. Got the old motor out and put the new one in reconnected the hardline and took it out for a spin. So far no issues but the truck is just a beater and used for dump runs so not expecting a lot out of it.

 

[Abacinator]

Even though it'd take longer to get the information they'd need, most folks would do better to buy a Chilton's manual or the actual shop manual for what they want to work on. The majority of YouTube "mechanic" videos are performed by some seriously shady tree "mechanics" who can easily get you into trouble that you'll like have a hard or expensive (or both) time trying to get back out of.

Even most of the videos put up by "professional" shops are glorious displays of hackery.

 

[Kornholio]

Even most of the videos put up by "professional" shops are glorious displays of hackery.

I don't find that many professional shops get into the habit of telling people how to do things that they could just as easily charge to do for you. Doesn't make much financial sense. :laughing

 

[tzrider]

I don't find that many professional shops get into the habit of telling people how to do things that they could just as easily charge to do for you. Doesn't make much financial sense. :laughing

It can:

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[two wheel tramp]

2001 Honda Elite 80. Picked this up in Aptos.

Frickin AWESOME.

 

[Charles R]

Even though it'd take longer to get the information they'd need, most folks would do better to buy a Chilton's manual or the actual shop manual for what they want to work on. The majority of YouTube "mechanic" videos are performed by some seriously shady tree "mechanics" who can easily get you into trouble that you'll likely have a hard or expensive (or both) time trying to get back out of.

Sadly, most of those info resources barely exist anymore. All the dealers have gone to online manuals, so there’s nothing a customer can buy there anymore. And the aftermarket manuals I’ve seen lately have barely enough info to be called a manual.

And even if they did, these days each car's service manual is more a set of multiple volumes rather than one book. I happen to have a dealer service PDF manual for my 2007 Jeep, and it’s over 8000 pages!
Now for sure, I can see the elimination of about 2/3rds of those pages because of how technicality deep some of it is. But the current level of complexity built into modern cars just simply requires a lot of info to troubleshoot on your own.

 

[KooLaid]

2013 Honda TRX450R
Didn't really want it but was offered it at a good price by a friend. Pretty dang cherry though, just sat for a couple years outside under a tarp.

 

[bikeama]

Bought the Van a couple of weeks ago. Picked it up last Friday. Really impressed with the Ford Transit AWD.

youtu.be/t320ACwHKkE

 

[Kornholio]

Sweet!

 

[JesasaurusRex]

Ya that's pretty sick

 

[oobus]

Love it! Just needs a ladder and rack on top to fly drones, like you know line of sight and all..

1st trip planned?

 

[budman]

Super sweet :thumbup

Got this Saturday. Commissioned a painting of my favorite racing picture.
My son and I.

Disco (Diego) rocked it. ort

Something about a painting that makes it more .. real ... emotional... special ... than a photograph. :dunno

 

[two wheel tramp]

Radical!! That's awesome Bud.

 

[bikeama]

That is a great picture, Dennis.

 

[Lonster]

Excellent painting. Forever memory.

 

[kpke]

That's soooooo nice. Is that a Li model? I couldn't tell. Please report back on how it works out.

I miss our class C. Get in it and go was so simple. Traded down to a nice bumper pull since I have a cummins dually to pull it. Not as simple, and very looooong. Since you first mentioned this model I've watched many youtube videos on it. Started watching the factory tour build videos last night. They seem to have very much improved the materials used in production of this model. Very impressive.

Those that have had RVs should know the build quality on 99% of them is a joke. I spend many hours upgrading stuff but continue to shake my head at how "most" of them are assembled. It's a wonder there are not more of them caught fire cruising down the road. A couple years ago Yosemite trip with friends resulted in their 31' C Gulfstream melting down tons of wiring in the generator compartment and under the hood. We spent many hours disconnecting stuff so they could limp it home. He still hasn't repaired it.:rolleyes

 

[bikeama]

That's soooooo nice. Is that a Li model? I couldn't tell. Please report back on how it works out.

I miss our class C. Get in it and go was so simple. Traded down to a nice bumper pull since I have a cummins dually to pull it. Not as simple, and very looooong. Since you first mentioned this model I've watched many youtube videos on it. Started watching the factory tour build videos last night. They seem to have very much improved the materials used in production of this model. Very impressive.

Those that have had RVs should know the build quality on 99% of them is a joke. I spend many hours upgrading stuff but continue to shake my head at how "most" of them are assembled. It's a wonder there are not more of them caught fire cruising down the road. A couple years ago Yosemite trip with friends resulted in their 31' C Gulfstream melting down tons of wiring in the generator compartment and under the hood. We spent many hours disconnecting stuff so they could limp it home. He still hasn't repaired it.:rolleyes

Not the Li model. ($20K option) I agree most RV's are junk. I bought and paid for a Thor Sequence in 10-2020. Spent the night at the dealer's lot in Compton CA. So many problems overnight I refused to take it and got my money back. Did a lot of research and narrowed my picks to Pleasure-Way or Coachmen. Looked at both side by side and liked the Coachmen more. This van was one of the ones we looked at but the dealer was full MSRP when we looked. Was going to place an order to keep the price down, but delivery was 5-6 months +. Noticed this van had not sold so I did some phone calls and got it 20% under MSRP. The two items I thought I could do without I am glad I have. AWD and the 12v 20,000 BTU quite AC.

 

[KooLaid]

Ford transit AWD, pretty cool. Didn't know they made an AWD. Does it come with some trick driving modes for sand or whatnot?