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Post by talltimber on Jul 4, 2019 6:35:32 GMT -6
I don't like it all that much. I had a friend tell me once that he would rather have cowshit in his hair than grease under his fingernails. I don't disagree.
Of those who like it, what's your background, who mentored you in the beginning? You fired you up and got you interested in even minor mechanic'ing?
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Post by jehosofat on Jul 4, 2019 7:41:34 GMT -6
I've done it for a living for 31 years, just kinda happened. I don't really get to do it so much anymore, owning the business gets in the way of turning wrenches.
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Post by hughespieds on Jul 4, 2019 8:02:16 GMT -6
Most wrenches don't fit my hands. I usually tear up more than I can fix, but I'd love to have that talent.
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Post by hook on Jul 4, 2019 8:10:40 GMT -6
I used to enjoy wrenching on cars. Back when you could sit in the engine bay with the hood up and have room to do almost anything needed. Not anymore though
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Post by okie on Jul 4, 2019 8:20:15 GMT -6
If you catch me wrenching on something something has gone horribly wrong. It's best to keep your distance to avoid flying tools. If you must approach me do so with a cold coors can outstretched so it's plainly visible to me.
My boy, on the other hand, is very mechanical. He loves it when my stuff won't start. He's turned into a really good small engine mechanic. I pretty much just hand all maintenance and repair off to him and my only involvement is driving him to town for parts.
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Post by randy on Jul 4, 2019 8:39:56 GMT -6
I used to enjoy it, todays automobiles suck. I would rather work on any heavy equipment than a lawn mower. Its been a necessary evil all my life i reckon.
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Post by 3LT Farms on Jul 4, 2019 8:54:32 GMT -6
I started of helping dad fix things as a kid. Never knew people took things somewhere else to get fixed until I was half grown. Worked at a German import garage for a few years in my late teens. Have always worked on our own crap. Now I work in the medical field and mechanic on all sorts of things. Anything from freezers to water systems, air compressors and dehydration systems, lyophilizers and autoclaves.
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Post by highgrit on Jul 4, 2019 9:07:11 GMT -6
I enjoy working on stuff, I've just never been able to grasp the concept of how things are supposed to go back together. My dad and pop vould fix anything that needed fixing, my son is the same way. When I was making 15 - 20 day trips offshore you better know how to porch monkey it to get back to the beach.
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Post by M-5 on Jul 4, 2019 9:08:05 GMT -6
Working on something is almost as fun as you know what . And when the engine purrs it's the same feeling.
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Post by greybeard on Jul 4, 2019 10:40:12 GMT -6
I used to and I started pretty early since my father had his own auto shop even before I was born. The wrench naturally "fit my hand' as they say. Worked in his shop (as did my sisters and my brother) from the time I was old enough to do anything, even if it was just sorting spare bolts & nuts at first. I was forever taking stuff apart when I was real young and getting dirty and greasy in the process. Then, went in the military and worked on everything from helicopters to diesel engines, got out of the military and worked on diesels and everything else on a drilling rig. That's me and brother being held outside my father's first shop..one of the bills for some work he did in mid 50s  |
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Post by hook on Jul 4, 2019 11:08:52 GMT -6
Wow gb!
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Post by greybeard on Jul 4, 2019 11:36:15 GMT -6
I keep it to a minimum nowadays, with the last real mechanic job I had being in 2008 at a Kubota dealership. I did rebuild a Saginaw 3 speed for a friend not too long ago tho.  And when you're a real gearhead and live in an apt like I did at one time, you just 'find a way'   |
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Post by randy on Jul 4, 2019 11:42:24 GMT -6
I used to and I started pretty early since my father had his own auto shop even before I was born. The wrench naturally "fit my hand' as they say. Worked in his shop (as did my sisters and my brother) from the time I was old enough to do anything, even if it was just sorting spare bolts & nuts at first. I was forever taking stuff apart when I was real young and getting dirty and greasy in the process. Then, went in the military and worked on everything from helicopters to diesel engines, got out of the military and worked on diesels and everything else on a drilling rig. That's me and brother being held outside my father's first shop..one of the bills for some work he did in mid 50s Thats pretty cool stuff Greybeard. Greybeard i think i saw your brother once in Harrison Arkansas in restaurant. I have wished a lot of times i would have talked with him to find out if he was. About the only way i could think of the start the conversation was to ask if he had a brother in east Texas that he looked a lot like. |
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Post by greybeard on Jul 4, 2019 12:05:41 GMT -6
Coulda been. He had a full time job near Little Rock but he did travel a good bit. He and I are/were identical.
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Post by randy on Jul 4, 2019 12:53:47 GMT -6
Coulda been. He had a full time job near Little Rock but he did travel a good bit. He and I are/were identical. Greybeard it was along about the time the members were first posting pictures in the members picture thing on CT. I had seen your picture there. |
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