How many of you do your own work?

[Seth Swoboda]

Michael,


I do the work myself. Although on occasion I come to you for a rear end rebuild party. You probably already know all of this.

[35fordtn]

I asked the question on this post as it is curious to me. For example I work on my own cars modern and old, do my own plumbing and electrical in my home but wont do certain things like roofing, flooring. I dont think It to be an embarrassing thing to sub out work. No reason for this post other than curiosity.

[rockfla]

Originally Posted by 35fordtn

I asked the question on this post as it is curious to me. For example I work on my own cars modern and old, do my own plumbing and electrical in my home but wont do certain things like roofing, flooring. I dont think It to be an embarrassing thing to sub out work. No reason for this post other than curiosity.

Michael
Like you, I try and do ALL my own work, car related OR otherwise. Being in just about ALL facets of the Industrial supply business over the better part of 40sih years, I have formed great relationships with many of my customers - HVAC, Plumbing, Electricians, Machinist, Mechanical Contractors etc etc SO IF I need ANY advice, guidance OR even the use of a "specialized" tool, my contacts have always been eager to help....and when I cannot do it for "permitting" sake, they are always there to help as well. AS for the car side. I have started doing a lot more of my "modern" car work, fixing to invest in a "TRUE" bi-directional multi graphing scanner and move beyond the "generic" code reader status SO I can learn more about the modern computer control vehicles and better refine the diagnosis of a problem over the general overview of a code reader...... MORE because I'm not gonna let these pencil necked geek techies beat me!!!! I am fortunate in this area to have a good friend, who just closed his shop of 45 years, that is willing to "teach" me some of what he has learned of these modern systems and the electrical side of sensors.

[glennpm]

Originally Posted by rockfla

AS for the car side. I have started doing a lot more of my "modern" car work, fixing to invest in a "TRUE" bi-directional multi graphing scanner and move beyond the "generic" code reader status SO I can learn more about the modern computer control vehicles and better refine the diagnosis of a problem over the general overview of a code reader...... MORE because I'm not gonna let these pencil necked geek techies beat me!!!! I am fortunate in this area to have a good friend, who just closed his shop of 45 years, that is willing to "teach" me some of what he has learned of these modern systems and the electrical side of sensors.

I'll be very interested in following you through this process Robert.

[rockfla]

Originally Posted by glennpm

I'll be very interested in following you through this process Robert.

Thanks Glenn, the problem I am finding early on IS there is no ONE scanner to work on these modern vehicles......I took our delivery truck around to the shop that handles our service needs the other day and was talking to the owner about scanners and he has somewhere around 13 scanners he uses for various car brands AND or certain issues AS one is better at one area of diag and maybe not as much in another area of diag.