Car repairs can be tough on a mechanic. Auto repair on cars and trucks for a living can take it’s toll on you. After years of sevicing all makes and models, my head is full of information, specifications, procedures and common problems. Many of which are now useless to me since older cars no lnger come in to the new car dealership for repairs. We also need to keep up with the newest technology as it changes what seems every month.
Aside from that the body takes it’s toll as well. I remember when I was younger it was easy to jump out of bed and get to work ready to go. But now it takes a little time to get motivated. There are times when you say to yourself “wow, i don’t remember that being sore”. Many fellow mechanics have minor injuries and aches and pain they deal with everyday. These things are just part of the job and get worse as time goes on.
Rebuilding engines, crawling under dashboards, staring at service manual schematics and the day to day grind all add up to a job that can be tough but also rewarding. Some customers can see you are in pain working on their car or truck and come over and offer a soda or even to buy lunch. It is nice to be appreciated. Most people have no idea and just want the car fixed and don’t really care or notice a struggling mechanic.
While some people go to work and complain about that ankle sprain after 9 holes of golf. Try smashing your knuckles on an engine after that bolt finally breaks loose. Blood all over. We just have to wrap it up, hope it does not get infected, and get back to work fixing cars. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy car repair, but sometimes you got to wonder how long I can keep going.
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I have a 2001 Jeep Cherokee six cylinder with four wheel drive. My windshield has a moist substance. It’s like if you throw water on a window the picture becomes blurry. That’s the way my windshield looks. There’s smoke on the inside of my vehicle and a sweet smell. What’s broken?
I have 2000 ford ranger 2wd 3.0 manual that isnt running righ, its regularly idles at around 1300 rpms and is barely ideling at 1000 and is starving its self for fuel or something and the 5th and 6th cylinder are misfiring when it idles unless my foot is on the gas some the oil pressure drops to none and keeps burning spark plug wires i have replaced the radiator, spark plugs, spark plug wires, and fuel filter. It also has a very hard time starting up.
My F250 SD 6.0 Turbo deisel just stopped running as i driving and now will not start oil psi on start-up is 400 + and has been pressurized to check for leaks and all was good fuel psi is with in range so what is the reason that it just stops running
I have a Chevy with a 6.2 the brake booster is run on power steering fluid, but the fluid keeps gumming up. What causes that.
I have a broken bar that goes to both tires in the rear of a 2002 Ford Windstar van what do I do
I just obtained a 2001 Mazda b3000 w\140000 miles on the 3.o L V6. It has a bad knock in which it was drove about 5 miles after knock started. I am somewhat of a shade tree mech. I had the guy start it once so I could hear it and immediately shut it down. I was assuming it’s a ROD. BUT I just drained the oil and find no metal particles at all. AM I MAYBE NOT THINKING OF SOMETHING SIMPLE????
95 Saturn SL rpm gauge is getting stuck and car starts overheating
If the needle is getting stuck, then you have a problem in the dash gauges cluster. If the engine actually wont go any higher RPM and it is overheating, you need to fix the overheating problem in order for the engine to rev higher again.
1995 buick riviera revs up 2000 when in gear what’s wrong sounds like it could blow up
You’ll LOVE this one.
98 audi a4 v6; started it one morning and it kicked once then cranked like no compression. Before you say Timing Belt, it’s currently torn down and the belt is flawless. All timing marks line up. Still has no compression. This engine has variable intake timing.But itn only shifts the cam 10 or 15 degrees, doesn’t it?That won’t cause NO compression.Bent valves are out ’cause I was driving it and remember, T belt is fine[you’re not gonna convince me that it skipped teeth and stopped in the correct spot!]Ideas, anyone?
Theres 2 plug ins on my wiring harness by the alternator one goes to black pipe that runs from head to the cooling but not sure where the other plug goes. Then wired the throttlebody but theres another glug dont know where it goes either.
What make, model and year vehicle Liz?
Your Chevy Cavalier does not have a timing belt. It has a chain. They should last the life of the engine. If you mean the serpentine drive belt, that should be checked / changed at around every 30k miles.
how often should i change my timing belts on my 2004 chevy cavalier
February 25/12 Reply in having kind of problem with my Dodge Dakota 1994 (8cyl, aut), in the morning I need to warn up for about 10 nimutes or more in order to dont stop. the dashboard dont show check engine.
I would check for a vacuum leak on your Dodge. Also check if the throttle is full of carbon. May just need a good cleaning. If you have a check engine light, get the codes scanned first.
I’m having kind of the same problem with my 2001 Oldsmobile aurora it would stall on me a lot at red lights and recently it stalled on me at a red light and i went to start it but it wouldn’t do anything my headlights, cd player, and interior lights work but when i try to start it up it doesn’t turn over or make any starting noises. I’ve tried jumping it twice but that don’t work. My dashboard lights for the gauges don’t come on and the only light that comes on is the check engine light. I don’t know what is causing this problem and i need some kind of help.
Loose connection to one of the wires to the engine. Maybe even a loose battery cable. Try pulling on all the wiring harnesses you see to try to get your car to act up with the problem.
Sounds like a loose connection somewhere cutting electrical power to the car. Start pulling on wiring harnesses under the hood to see if you can get the car to stall. You may have a bad ignition switch. Try tapping on the head of the key with the engine running to see if the car will act up.
hi on today i was driving 2002 Alero Oldsmobile and it hit a bump and the car lost all power, as it came to a stop i put it into park and started it and it started right up. What could it be?