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I am fine with paying more for products I can repair myself. Eliminate
Posted on 4/3/25 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 4/3/25 at 6:55 pm
what’s not important and buy America First. We live in a digital age there is a video on YouTube on how to repair most of what you own. It would be nice if companies started making parts again.
This post was edited on 4/3/25 at 6:59 pm
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Posted on 4/3/25 at 6:57 pm to guy4lsu
Won't lie, I'd really like a fridge built like they were in the 50s.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:06 pm to guy4lsu
I understand where you’re coming from. I’m considering buying an El Camino from an old guy in my neighborhood for the same reason. Need a truck (sorta) for home maintenance stuff, but also want an old car to sport around in.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:06 pm to guy4lsu
I agree. With YouTube and the internet to search for parts anywhere in the world, you can damn near fix anything instead of throwing it away. Hardest part is diagnosing what’s wrong.
You seen those videos of Indians fixing heavy machinery with basic machine tools? They repair crap we normally say can’t be repaired.
You seen those videos of Indians fixing heavy machinery with basic machine tools? They repair crap we normally say can’t be repaired.
This post was edited on 4/3/25 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:06 pm to UptownJoeBrown
I want a new one built like that.
Meaning it rarely breaks and if it does you just throw a new motor in it.
Meaning it rarely breaks and if it does you just throw a new motor in it.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:07 pm to BuckyCheese
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Won't lie, I'd really like a fridge built like they were in the 50s
My garage fridge is from the 80s. I don't think it's ever gonna break.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:08 pm to UptownJoeBrown
At the farm this weekend, perfect example.
40 year old John Deere dozer, hasn’t run in several years. Change filters, fuel, battery, couple cans of starting fluid… and it runs.
5 year old JD tractor, won’t crank, throwing codes, have to hire a nasa scientist to diagnose it.
40 year old John Deere dozer, hasn’t run in several years. Change filters, fuel, battery, couple cans of starting fluid… and it runs.
5 year old JD tractor, won’t crank, throwing codes, have to hire a nasa scientist to diagnose it.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:08 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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You seen those videos of Indians fixing heavy machinery with basic machine tools? They repair crap we normally say can’t be repaired.
That shite is nuts.
Blown piston? No big deal. We'll just melt these pistons down, cast a new one, and then machine it on this 90 year old lathe.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:09 pm to BuckyCheese
Why a new one? If you want a 50s one, just buy a used 50s one. Why does it have to be new? See? That’s the problem. It doesn’t.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:09 pm to BuckyCheese
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Blown piston? No big deal. We'll just melt these pistons down, cast a new one, and then machine it on this 90 year old lathe.
Wearing sandals
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:09 pm to BuckyCheese
All while barefoot and squatting.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:16 pm to Stunrunner
quote:El Camino? Single owner?
I’m considering buying an El Camino from an old guy in my neighborhood
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:17 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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Why a new one? I
Because one from the 50s will smell like the bait some dude has stored in it for the past 40 years.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:19 pm to guy4lsu
If all you baws who swear you would buy American bought american, we would still have rubber dog shite factories in the USA.
Why did you wait for tarriffs?
Why did you wait for tarriffs?
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:26 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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If all you baws who swear you would buy American bought american, we would still have rubber dog shite factories in the USA. Why did you wait for tarriffs?
Ever since Covid I prefer to spend a little more to get something that last longer and is repairable. I make more money than I did before and I am more selective on how and what I spend on. This has been coming for a long time.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:27 pm to guy4lsu
Youre alone in this endeavor. These baws needed tariffs to make them buy domestic
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:28 pm to guy4lsu
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would be nice if companies started making parts again.
We got robot 3D printers that can make them baw!
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:30 pm to BuckyCheese
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I want a new one built like that.
Meaning it rarely breaks and if it does you just throw a new motor in it.
Think about what got us to all the garbage shite that is basically our only choice in so many things today. How do we begin to turn the tide on it?
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:31 pm to guy4lsu
now a days when the battery goes dead, your pretty much stuck till replaced
back in the day, you could get a push start, using second gear, pop the clutch and you are on your way. lots of time I would park on a grade to let gravity do the pushing.
back in the day, you could get a push start, using second gear, pop the clutch and you are on your way. lots of time I would park on a grade to let gravity do the pushing.
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