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- From: bphdarcy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (SJ Roc D'Arcy, MBP)
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- Subject: Re: Good books to learn auto mechanics?
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- Date: 14 Sep 92 15:32:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep12.033515.2237@koko.csustan.edu>, james@koko.csustan.edu (Jonas Grumpy) writes...
- >
- >You wanna be an auto mechanic?? I hope your five years old. Because that
- >is the best age to start learning.
-
- I really can't agree or believe this at all. One of the best
- auto-mechanics I know is a.) Female b.) Never got involved in mechanics
- util she was 21. True that some of the best international Harvester
- Tractor Mechanics may be 65+, but many of the best I know have not grown up
- as motorheads (as I did).
-
- >You have to be raised an auto mechanic.
- >There is no book(s) thacan n teach you mechanics.
-
- There are quite a few good books that teach automechanics. One was
- mentioned in the post before this one, and quite a few others exist.
- One is the "Everymans guide to Fixin' Cars."
-
- > If you want to be
- >better than 80% of the mechanics out their. You had better be prepared
- >to give up your current lifestyle and become an apprentice at joes corner
- >gastation.
-
- This is like saying that to be an electrician one has to rewire ones first
- circuit breaker at age two.
-
- >Being a mechanic is more tn changing your brakes or installing
- >a rebuilt water pump.
-
- I guess I would like a bit of specifics. I agree with part of your point
- that experience is a great help in the a. mechanics wourd, but most of this
- can be made up for by asking others.
-
- SJRD
-