You ever wake up feeling ambitious, decide you'll take on a big new project you're not sure you know how to do -- but you're confident when the time comes you'll figure it out?
You know you're resourceful, you're motivated, you've solved bigger problems than whatever you have in mind. You've got this.
That was me with a check engine light on and it being diagnosed as bad VVT solenoids. I googled around on how to fix it and it looks like the pros can do it in less than 20 minutes.
So I got quotes from Firestone and a local shop and I found them all to be a touch much for the work required. I went back to O'Reilly auto parts and asked their guy about it; he said it's the kind of thing you can do it you're a mechanic who knows what they're doing. That's not me... But I'm smart and motivated
Confident in my own abilities I went to NAPA and dropped the $300 for the requisite parts, picked up my tool box from the hangar, picked up super bright lights to illuminate the work area, took the car back home popped the hood, safety glasses on -- and went to work.
So now I'm doing the hard part. I'm doing what's required.
I'm googling for tow truck services so they can take my car to a real mechanic who knows what the **ck they're doing, because I definitely dropped that oily piece of shi* part right into the bottom of the engine compartment before also dropping the screw that would have held the new one in. All in one fell-swoop panic motion. It was like slow motion as that greasy solenoid fell out of my hand. I haven't any ******** clue how to get any further inside the engine compartment to retrieve it, so I'm kinda boned.
Anyways, I'm giving myself an A+ for ambition but maybe a D-/F+ for execution. The moral of my story here is that sometimes you just have to believe in your ability to pay the people who know what the hell they're doing.
You know you're resourceful, you're motivated, you've solved bigger problems than whatever you have in mind. You've got this.
That was me with a check engine light on and it being diagnosed as bad VVT solenoids. I googled around on how to fix it and it looks like the pros can do it in less than 20 minutes.
So I got quotes from Firestone and a local shop and I found them all to be a touch much for the work required. I went back to O'Reilly auto parts and asked their guy about it; he said it's the kind of thing you can do it you're a mechanic who knows what they're doing. That's not me... But I'm smart and motivated
Confident in my own abilities I went to NAPA and dropped the $300 for the requisite parts, picked up my tool box from the hangar, picked up super bright lights to illuminate the work area, took the car back home popped the hood, safety glasses on -- and went to work.
So now I'm doing the hard part. I'm doing what's required.
I'm googling for tow truck services so they can take my car to a real mechanic who knows what the **ck they're doing, because I definitely dropped that oily piece of shi* part right into the bottom of the engine compartment before also dropping the screw that would have held the new one in. All in one fell-swoop panic motion. It was like slow motion as that greasy solenoid fell out of my hand. I haven't any ******** clue how to get any further inside the engine compartment to retrieve it, so I'm kinda boned.
Anyways, I'm giving myself an A+ for ambition but maybe a D-/F+ for execution. The moral of my story here is that sometimes you just have to believe in your ability to pay the people who know what the hell they're doing.
. I'll happily buy you a case of your favorite beer for saving me the tow truck and mech fee.
so I can pull new wire and add another circuit. I really, really don’t want to. Ditto for some construction we need done.
