It's official: I no longer like working on cars

[KeithMac]

I`ve had a 300m output shaft in my toolbox at work for 4 years now and also bought and OS Geiken RC3 clutch to go in as well 2 years ago, loads of £££ in them but just can`t be bothered to fit either..

Out of principle I wouldn`t pay anyone else to do I lob I can do myself!.

[UTRacerX9]

Haha, this thread got bumped after a year and considering I just posted I'm going to sell my car, seems that back then, my decision was inevitable LOL.

[green-lantern]

I thought Alan changed the title of the thread.

[sethduncan]

I had a bad experience at NTB as well. I'm not sure there's any shop that's globally bad, but NTB sure seems to focus enough on commission and turnaround time that they don't do a good job. I'm pretty sure when I took my Stealth in for the 1-year re-alignment they just held it for a few hours and sent it back to me without looking at it.

[Jimvr4]

Look up Eric The Mechanic on youtube. He does a good job with showing how different jobs are done. I watched his rear disc brake change not knowing that the 3000GT has a different setup than the car he was working on. The car he was working on has the parking break setup like what you mention. I made sure to double check mine after seeing the video to make sure they weren't the same. I spend a couple hours watching his videos. Even if he isn't working on a Mitsu there are common things you can learn from.

I stopped working on cars for years until I got my 300GT and now I'm looking forward to getting it all in good shape. Like everything, you need to take a break from things and then find something else for a while.

I've done alot of brake jobs on different cars so I agreed to help my son do his 2000 Audi A4 rears. It was the first time I faced an E-brake setup like that. You have to be able to compress and turn the pistons at the same time to push them back in. Needless to say a simple brake job took alot longer as I had it halfway apart and couldn't figure out how to continue until I googled and found I needed a special tool. I was able to rent it at the local auto parts store but still had trouble as the setup binds up unless you do things properly. It did end up alot cheaper than having it done and I learned something new so it was OK in the end.

[Streamln1]

I took about a 5 year break from working on mine, now I have renewed interest like never before.