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Re: Why Are Some Men Obsessed With Cars And Engines?

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if you tune both up properly just hear the noise they make
Yes a lovely throbbing noise that goes on and on
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12-05-2017, 04:50 PM
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I used to be a bit of a DIY mechanic and have fitted gearboxes, clutches and complete engines amongst other repairs but as mentioned above, engines these days are just to be looked at as not many repairs are possible unless you have the vast array of special tools. I was never a petrol head or anything, just that it was cheaper than going to a garage.

Apart from that, I can't be @rsed any more.
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Hi

I find modern cars a completely mystery, so leave well alone.
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12-05-2017, 05:55 PM
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Re: Why Are Some Men Obsessed With Cars And Engines?

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I find modern cars a completely mystery, so leave well alone.
I'm with you Swimmy. I had a look under the bonnet of my car and just thought, how does a mechanic work on these things nowadays. I used to own old Cortinas etc and you could get inside the engine bay and get to things.
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12-05-2017, 06:02 PM
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Re: Why Are Some Men Obsessed With Cars And Engines?

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I used to be a bit of a DIY mechanic and have fitted gearboxes, clutches and complete engines amongst other repairs but as mentioned above, engines these days are just to be looked at as not many repairs are possible unless you have the vast array of special tools. I was never a petrol head or anything, just that it was cheaper than going to a garage.
Apart from that, I can't be @rsed any more.

Same here
The number of big and small end bearing shells I have fitted as well as piston rings and valve reseating. Remember the stick with suction caps on the end where you put grinding paste and cleaning carbon off the valve heads? Or balancing twin carbs with a vacuum guage?
And those clutch plates lining them up? I have somewhere the tool still to do that.

Good old days when home mechanics was within anyones capabilities. I did a complete rebuilt of a Morris Minor many years ago
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I would think most men of our generation had occasion to fix our Morris 1000s and Ford Poplars, I certainly couldn't afford a garage, I could barely afford the petrol. Needs must really.
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Well, the first thing a wise man looks at are the fluid levels, lest his beloved beast is running short of anything. Then he looks for anything out of the normal; things which are not as they should be. Then he inhales the intoxicating aroma of hot engine oil. Finally, he takes satisfaction that his loyal and dependable steed is ready for whatever may be asked of it .
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Why are some women obsessed with driving into things?..........

(Heads for cover.....)
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It used to be about women hanging their handbags on the extended choke button.
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12-05-2017, 06:24 PM
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Re: Why Are Some Men Obsessed With Cars And Engines?

Another one here that used to repair my own cars many an hour spent changing brake pads/shoes doing bodywork repairs with the good old "doggie", am fortunate that my bil. Is a mechanic so any thing major I took to him, but I've done a fair bit on my cars, different nowadays though, as people have said you really need a code reader to interrogate the on board computer to make any sense of any warning lights that show up, also I think as you get older you get in a position where you can afford to pay someone else to repair/maintain your car and I certainly don't miss crawling about on the floor in the freezing cold..!!

Ooh , here's a thought, how about a motoring section on the forum?
 
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