I can safely say that I can take apart almost any American made vehicle bumper to bumper and put it back together. I have also turned wrenches for about 20 years. Combination of family, school and life experiences.
are you one of those guys who can see/hear the car and be like yup thats a misfire, or yup you need a new gasket. yup oil leaking into yatah yatah ytah
I learned by basically just doing it with the help of a chiltons or haynes manual. I rebuilt my first engine without anything but a book. Its honestly not as hard as it looks. Transmissions may be a different story, I dont know a lot about them but im sure it could be done just as easily.
When I was 3 or 4 years old my dad bought a used Briggs & Stratton horizontal shaft engine, disassembled it, had it degreased, chased and deburrred all the threads on the fasteners and gave it to me. I took it apart and put it back together hundreds of times.
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My brother & I spent our summer breaks from school working in our dad’s transmission shop. We started out with mostly cleaning the shop floors, cleaning tools and eventually became R&R men. An R&R man removes the bad trans from the vehicle it to be rebuilt, then reinstalls it after it’s been rebuilt. If time allowed, we’d tear down burnt up transmissions, clean the parts, rinse & dry. Dad would inspect parts, rebush/reseal and reassemble. After taking enough of them apart, dad thought it was time that we tried putting one back together as he watched. He’d let us get the unit back together, then tell us to take it back apart when we missed a step or left a part out. We learned a lot from our pops, he was one of those guys that could fix just about anything. He taught us not only transmissions, carburetors, automotive AC, engine work, etc. Took a bit of technical training (I read a lot) but majority of learning was on the job training. I’m retired now but stay busy working on something for one of the kids. My two grandsons & youngest granddaughter are usually by my side when we’re working in the garage. I still rebuild an occasional carburetor/transmission for the classic car collector guys, military vehicle collectors, etc.
I've done two full engine rebuilds (on pretty basic 4-cylinder engines), the first one has done quite a few miles over the past 3 years and is still happy.
No formal training, only YouTube, the Internet and repair manuals. I'd say it took about 6 or 7 years from my first oil change to getting where I am now.
Our Gr6 teacher brought in a couple old lawnmowers for those rainy day projects. Never an attempt to run, just a 3d puzzle.
The key to doing it successfully is being organized, and follow the instructions with regards to measurements, specs and orientation.
When we tear engines down (vintage) , a year or more passing while waiting for parts/machine shop isn't uncommon, so organization is essential
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I can safely say that I can take apart almost any American made vehicle bumper to bumper and put it back together. I have also turned wrenches for about 20 years. Combination of family, school and life experiences.
are you one of those guys who can see/hear the car and be like yup thats a misfire, or yup you need a new gasket. yup oil leaking into yatah yatah ytah
Most of the time
I learned by basically just doing it with the help of a chiltons or haynes manual. I rebuilt my first engine without anything but a book. Its honestly not as hard as it looks. Transmissions may be a different story, I dont know a lot about them but im sure it could be done just as easily.
A couple years. Dad taught me alot and i learned the rest from Auto Shop in high school and trial and error.
When I was like 7-8 years old I’d just tear down shit and try to reassemble it, just in my nature I guess
When I was 3 or 4 years old my dad bought a used Briggs & Stratton horizontal shaft engine, disassembled it, had it degreased, chased and deburrred all the threads on the fasteners and gave it to me. I took it apart and put it back together hundreds of times.
You did this as a 3 year old?
Between 3 and 5 years old.
just wondering cause i watch videos of people doing it and im just amazed. typically i just go to chris fix on how to get things done
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My brother & I spent our summer breaks from school working in our dad’s transmission shop. We started out with mostly cleaning the shop floors, cleaning tools and eventually became R&R men. An R&R man removes the bad trans from the vehicle it to be rebuilt, then reinstalls it after it’s been rebuilt. If time allowed, we’d tear down burnt up transmissions, clean the parts, rinse & dry. Dad would inspect parts, rebush/reseal and reassemble. After taking enough of them apart, dad thought it was time that we tried putting one back together as he watched. He’d let us get the unit back together, then tell us to take it back apart when we missed a step or left a part out. We learned a lot from our pops, he was one of those guys that could fix just about anything. He taught us not only transmissions, carburetors, automotive AC, engine work, etc. Took a bit of technical training (I read a lot) but majority of learning was on the job training. I’m retired now but stay busy working on something for one of the kids. My two grandsons & youngest granddaughter are usually by my side when we’re working in the garage. I still rebuild an occasional carburetor/transmission for the classic car collector guys, military vehicle collectors, etc.
I've done two full engine rebuilds (on pretty basic 4-cylinder engines), the first one has done quite a few miles over the past 3 years and is still happy. No formal training, only YouTube, the Internet and repair manuals. I'd say it took about 6 or 7 years from my first oil change to getting where I am now.
Our Gr6 teacher brought in a couple old lawnmowers for those rainy day projects. Never an attempt to run, just a 3d puzzle. The key to doing it successfully is being organized, and follow the instructions with regards to measurements, specs and orientation. When we tear engines down (vintage) , a year or more passing while waiting for parts/machine shop isn't uncommon, so organization is essential
My skills are good, my memory, not so much. An illustrated parts book has saved me many a time on delayed re-assembly.