Small Victories

I had to take my Roomba apart because it would turn itself off after 10 minutes. I found whatever was making it stop put it back to together and now it works.

I was so proud of myself I did a victory lap. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have zero tech saviness.
 
That's the rewarding part of ownng a house. Stepping back and saying, "I did it." it feels so damn good. Makes you feel alive. :)
 
I can fix most things with a little research except cars. I need to take some classes or something so I can learn how to easily diagnosis car problems. I can do basics but I'd like to be able to do more. Of course you need the proper tools and space to do car repair.

I'd really like to learn how to work on motorcycles.
 
b_sinning said:
I can fix most things with a little research except cars. I need to take some classes or something so I can learn how to easily diagnosis car problems. I can do basics but I'd like to be able to do more. Of course you need the proper tools and space to do car repair.

I'd really like to learn how to work on motorcycles.
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One of my future projects will be to restore an old HD motorcycle.
I was actually in the process of finding the right project bike before the whole house thing came up. Now Ill have to put it off for a bit.
 
JPatrick said:
One of my future projects will be to restore an old HD motorcycle.
I was actually in the process of finding the right project bike before the whole house thing came up. Now Ill have to put it off for a bit.
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I've seen tons of prospective bike projects on craigslist but I don't have a proper home setup to even think about that right now. I'm moving in a few months and I'd like to find a place with a large garage or shop so I can try something like that out.
 
b_sinning said:
I can fix most things with a little research except cars. I need to take some classes or something so I can learn how to easily diagnosis car problems. I can do basics but I'd like to be able to do more. Of course you need the proper tools and space to do car repair.

I'd really like to learn how to work on motorcycles.
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Hanes / Chiltons manuals are your friend. Also, I've gotten good advice from the cartalk.com forum in the past.
 
JPatrick said:
The only way to gain confidence is to get your hands dirty.
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Very very true. Unfortunately I never seem to have a spare car where I'm willing to deal with one vehicle being out of service for a while if I have issues.

My dad and grandfather both are/were great car mechanics but have issues with computers which makes no sense to me.
 
b_sinning said:
Very very true. Unfortunately I never seem to have a spare car where I'm willing to deal with one vehicle being out of service for a while if I have issues.

My dad and grandfather both are/were great car mechanics but have issues with computers which makes no sense to me.
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The trick to car (And bike, though you can get away with less) repair, is REALLY good tools. Everytime I've tried to work on a car the bolts are all too siezed to ever get off with hand tools, and usually not in a place where a cheater bar would work.
 
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