trans and oil changes complete.

[CHRIS.O]

Wanted to show you another cheap car bought locally to me. This was one of RITTERS (a member here) first Regals. The wheels he bought after. And no the oil stain is not from his car haha. But he picked it up for 500 bucks with a blown 3.8. He had another regal with a running 3.8, took us all of a night in the garage to swap it over and voila got a nice driver.

 

[David Williamson]

Wanted to show you another cheap car bought locally to me. This was one of RITTERS (a member here) first Regals. The wheels he bought after. And no the oil stain is not from his car haha. But he picked it up for 500 bucks with a blown 3.8. He had another regal with a running 3.8, took us all of a night in the garage to swap it over and voila got a nice driver.

That is really nice, I absolutely love them wheels.
I wish I had a friend like you to help me haha.

 

[CHRIS.O]

Man that was a while ago, neither of us had much a clue of what we were doing. I think we were 17 probably. Thats why it took a whole night, maybe two, instead of the few hours it would take now. Haha, looking back at it I don't think I did a whole lot, think I had a recliner in the garage that I sat in and snuck some beers. That might of been for his firebird though, cannot recall.

 

[David Williamson]

Man that was a while ago, neither of us had much a clue of what we were doing. I think we were 17 probably. Thats why it took a whole night, maybe two, instead of the few hours it would take now. Haha, looking back at it I don't think I did a whole lot, think I had a recliner in the garage that I sat in and snuck some beers. That might of been for his firebird though, cannot recall.

How old are you if you don't mind me asking?
I do everything on my own, I have no friends into g bodies, their all into imports or not into cars at all.
I am literally the only one.

 

[CHRIS.O]

I am 26. Yea most of my friends are into cars. A lot of them do not live around here anymore though or are busy with kids, family all that stuff. I'm pretty much the only bachelor out of our group that is still in this area. All of them were smart and fled the state, found a woman and had some kids haha. I can tell ya without friends to help me out I wouldn't have been able to learn as much as I have today, and I wouldn't have the confidence I have today. I had to see them do it and say to myself "I can do it too." Plus we got a lot of learning in when we were kids, if we didnt have a car who cares, we could take the bus to school or ask mom for a ride. Now a days ya gotta know what your doing so you dont strand yourself with no car.

 

[79 drag car]

I am 26. Yea most of my friends are into cars. A lot of them do not live around here anymore though or are busy with kids, family all that stuff. I'm pretty much the only bachelor out of our group that is still in this area. All of them were smart and fled the state, found a woman and had some kids haha. I can tell ya without friends to help me out I wouldn't have been able to learn as much as I have today, and I wouldn't have the confidence I have today. I had to see them do it and say to myself "I can do it too." Plus we got a lot of learning in when we were kids, if we didnt have a car who cares, we could take the bus to school or ask mom for a ride. Now a days ya gotta know what your doing so you dont strand yourself with no car.

your one of the people on this forum who always has good advice and knowledge to give ive notice so basically what im trying to as is did you get most of your expierice and knowledge from wrenching with your friends or did you go to some school of some sort just curious

 

[David Williamson]

I am 26. Yea most of my friends are into cars. A lot of them do not live around here anymore though or are busy with kids, family all that stuff. I'm pretty much the only bachelor out of our group that is still in this area. All of them were smart and fled the state, found a woman and had some kids haha. I can tell ya without friends to help me out I wouldn't have been able to learn as much as I have today, and I wouldn't have the confidence I have today. I had to see them do it and say to myself "I can do it too." Plus we got a lot of learning in when we were kids, if we didnt have a car who cares, we could take the bus to school or ask mom for a ride. Now a days ya gotta know what your doing so you dont strand yourself with no car.

Yeah I need friends like that.
But honestly with you and others on here I have learned so much and I truly appreciate it.
Exactly so when I get mine running and I break down i know I can help us.

 

[CHRIS.O]

I just learned from experience and by example. I've had the pleasure of having a lot of friends and a large network of people to learn from. One of my best friends has a good amount of disposable income and is always building something, bikes, cars, snowmobiles, jeeps, whatever. So I am usually there as an extra pair of hands and in the process I learn. When it comes to my own stuff I just do it myself. It is the only way to learn. I know doing something your unsure about is hard, especially when it could mean being stuck without a car or spending money for someone else to fix it but you just have to give it a whirl and try it. Believe me I have messed a lot of stuff up. I have literally ruined things trying to do it myself and someone else had to do it. There is still a lot of stuff I am ignorant about. Transmissions, EFI and tuning, suspension for these cars. I don't have a whole lot of experience drag racing at a legal track. So I have got a lot to learn but I will cross that bridge when I end up needing to fix something like that. My next project is learning EFI and tuning on my 95 formula. Will I mess it up and it won't run for a week until I figure it out, you betcha haha. But I will end up learning why and learning how and fixing it. That is the biggest thing. If you can understand why and how something works you can fix it. Engines are EXTREMELY simple machines. However they have a lot of small variables to them that need to be within spec or they might run like sh*t. When you learn what they are you learn how to keep it running right. People usually make it harder than it really is.

 

[David Williamson]

I just learned from experience and by example. I've had the pleasure of having a lot of friends and a large network of people to learn from. One of my best friends has a good amount of disposable income and is always building something, bikes, cars, snowmobiles, jeeps, whatever. So I am usually there as an extra pair of hands and in the process I learn. When it comes to my own stuff I just do it myself. It is the only way to learn. I know doing something your unsure about is hard, especially when it could mean being stuck without a car or spending money for someone else to fix it but you just have to give it a whirl and try it. Believe me I have messed a lot of stuff up. I have literally ruined things trying to do it myself and someone else had to do it. There is still a lot of stuff I am ignorant about. Transmissions, EFI and tuning, suspension for these cars. I don't have a whole lot of experience drag racing at a legal track. So I have got a lot to learn but I will cross that bridge when I end up needing to fix something like that. My next project is learning EFI and tuning on my 95 formula. Will I mess it up and it won't run for a week until I figure it out, you betcha haha. But I will end up learning why and learning how and fixing it. That is the biggest thing. If you can understand why and how something works you can fix it. Engines are EXTREMELY simple machines. However they have a lot of small variables to them that need to be within spec or they might run like sh*t. When you learn what they are you learn how to keep it running right. People usually make it harder than it really is.

all so very true. That's exactly what I do and if I am unsure, Betcha I come on here and ask people I know, know the answer.

 

[CHRIS.O]

David if you don't have any gear head friends then I would look to join a car club or something. Just so you can get some hands on experience and some monkey see, monkey do action going on. It helps, A LOT. I am one of those people anyway, I can't read out of a book and learn too well. I have to actually do it to know it. I have been messing with cars since about the age of 14 or 15 so I have a few years of experience haha. 12 years from now you will know this sh*t like the back of your hand. You will remember firing orders, you will know torque specs for several different engines. In reality though it won't take you that long to get the basics down. Just do not give up on what you are doing. In retrospect maybe selling your car is the wrong thing to do. Maybe you should just keep it and use it as your learning car. Maybe use your taxes to buy a little 4 banger commuter car for reliable transportation. Keep the g body and the engine you have and just learn to tear it apart, tune it, collect some tools you learn you will use a bunch, etc. There also might be some adult education places around you that do automotive. I went to one for welding. I haven't welded anything in years but with the core concepts I learned there about 7 years ago I bet I could get back into the swing of it after a couple hours. So that might be an alternative to a car club.