Bre'r Mark Hofmann wrote about RE:Re: Transmission Flush to Bre'r Roy
Witt:


 RW>> I started out watching my dad work on cars in his Texaco station
 RW>> work bay, after school and weekends. School was only two blocks
 RW>> away.
 RW>>
 RW>> He sold that station and went into partnership with another guy, who
 RW>> had a DX station, downtown. So, the next place closer to home was at
 RW>> another Texaco station where a classmate worked part time. They had
 RW>> a 3 stall garage behind the station, where the owners (partners)
 RW>> worked on cars and they had a person run the station gas pumps, lube
 RW>> bay and when my classmate was working, the wash bay. That place
 RW>> became the place for young hot-rodders to hang out and I was the
 RW>> youngest among them at 13yo.

 MH> That sounds like fun and educational at the same time.

And some embarrassing moments too. My first attempt to start a 1951 Ford
was one of mine. GM cars of the time had ignitions that had the tumblers
facing up and the keey went in the lock with the 'teeth' facind down.
Fords were just the opposite, tumblers on top, key's teeth facing up.

When the guy who gave me the keys to his 51 Ford said that I could start
it and warm up the engine for him came along and to the crowd around his
car said: 'Watch him put the key in upside down.' Yeup, I put the key in
the ignition like it was a GM car, fully aware that it was aFord and the
key went in the ignition with the tumbler teeth up...demonstrating the
power of suggestion!

 MH> The closest I had to someone that worked on vehicles was a friend of
 MH> my brothers.  He is the one that helped me and my brother install the
 MH> new 350 transmission in the old 80 Malibu.  All the other stuff I
 MH> have done, I ventured on my own.

Where there's a need or will, there's a way to get it done. I removed the
4 spd manual from my 64 El Camino and was in the process of putting a
TH350 in its place, but couldn't get it to go while it was on a floor jack
and me trying to wiggle it in place. My neighbor from down the alley
happened by and heard the cussing and screaming and asked if I needed
help. After explaining what I was doing, he crawled under that EC and took
the 350 off the jack and lifted it in place by himself. He was much bigger
and stronger than I was, but such a good friend.

 MH> A few years ago, my brother stopped over and was surprised to see me
 MH> replacing one of the wheel bearings on my Monte Carlo.  He said that
 MH> was more than he would have tackled.  And that was before I had my
 MH> air compressor.

8^) I was tackling wheel bearings in my bicycle when I was 12...Bendix
brakes were giving me a problem on reassembly and I was getting very
frustrated. About that time my dad came home from work and when I asked
him what to do, he asked who had taken it apart. When I told him it was my
doing, he said that I should know how it went back together again. I never
forgot that and surprised him in his own garage by knowing what to do
without reading the manual. Which was another of his suggestions when
things weren't going right.

 RW>> I watch that and the 4 - 30 minute 'Power Block' shows on Saturday
 RW>> and Sunday (starts at 8am CST) broadcast on the Spike TV channel. I
 RW>> especially like the 'Trucks' show, as they're usually digging into a
 RW>> suspension or drivetrain repair or upgrade.

 MH> Yes, I watch lots of DIY home improvement and Car/Truck rebuild
 MH> related shows. I have always been facinated with how things work,
 MH> taking things apart and fixing them.

When I met my wife to be, she was impressed that when I came over to her
apartment, I fixed things that the landlord couldn't fix...I taught her to
solder her own stereo wires to connectors, etc...I guess that won her over
because she's still amazed at some of the things I do.


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