[HoodPin]

Nice project!

[turkis_tii]

“Not that it will help all that much working on electric cars with unibodies, disk brakes (or pure electronic brakes), coil-overs or struts, and alloy/plastic/fiberglass/carbon fiber body panels...”

The reality! FYI, Montgomery County College (MD) now offers a course on EVs. Ford is downsizing dealers and mechanics who can’t muster skills and capital to switch to electric.

[Trak Ratt]

Nice father son project! Like Peter says not much help for later cars! I gave all but a few of my tools to our son. He emailed me about IDing what some of them were for.



He’s been strictly a disk brake guy all his adult life. He’s the same way with carbs! Would rather just build an EFI!

Nice to start with what was, then move on to what is.

[Vicegrip]

Originally Posted by Dr K

Not that it will help all that much working on electric cars with unibodies, disk brakes (or pure electronic brakes), coil-overs or struts, and alloy/plastic/fiberglass/carbon fiber body panels...

There is so much more to working cars or any electro mechanical thing than the systems of the device. Skills that cannot be conveyed via a book or video. How tight is too tight. How much torque too much when removing a fastener. How to work and do no harm. Troubleshooting is becoming a lost art I see this often in newer wrenches, automotive and HVAC. This kind of project is good for many thugs Planning a days work. Planning the overall project as well as the rehab of each subsystem. How up use tools so as not to hurt yourself. “Hold it this way. Holding it that way means when it slips you stab yourself”

Besides there will be a need for folks that can work on the old stuff. I don’t touch anything newer than a 993 and most of my work is 1980 and earlier. They are stacking up in the paddock.

[cmartin]

most of my work is 1980 and earlie

funny, the damn lamda computer....

There is so much more to working cars or any electro mechanical thing than the systems of the device

So true. Wax on, wax off...

[pookie]

FedEx dropped off a big ole box of new parts today.

Work sent me out of town until Friday. Dang.

[Jazzbass]

Originally Posted by Vicegrip

There is so much more to working cars or any electro mechanical thing than the systems of the device. Skills that cannot be conveyed via a book or video. How tight is too tight. How much torque too much when removing a fastener. How to work and do no harm. Troubleshooting is becoming a lost art I see this often in newer wrenches, automotive and HVAC. This kind of project is good for many thugs Planning a days work. Planning the overall project as well as the rehab of each subsystem. How up use tools so as not to hurt yourself. “Hold it this way. Holding it that way means when it slips you stab yourself”

Exactly my point. In my experience 75% of building/fixing/restoring stuff is core skills - learning to work with tools, how to chose the right tools for the job, how to think through disassembly and then reassembly, when to use chemicals/heat/BFH, what types of fasteners make sense for certain operations, etc. The other 25% is applying those core skills to a specific problem. Yeah, some tech might change, but someone with a good base in those core skills can adapt pretty quickly if they want. Steel still galls with aluminum regardless of whether its a 71 Beetle or a 2021 Tesla.

[JimmyB]

This is great. I started with a bright yellow ‘74, summer of 1993. Rebuild the engine in my parents’ garage that winter, ended up with a mild Webered 1641. Learned a lot on that car.

Enjoy, I’ll be following with interest.