re: How many of you baws actually work on your own cars?

Never really had to tbh. I do have a mechanic background though.

I do all my own stuff. Have an OBDII diagnostic tool that gives me codes. Combine that with Google, couple of forums, and youtube can take care of most stuff on my vehicle (Silverado)

It to the point now that even if you pay someone to do your repairs they are just gonna frick it up and you will have to go back and fix their shoddy work. I save myself the grief and just do it right the first time. If the people working on cars werent half assed they wouldnt be professional grease monkeys to begin with.

Depends on what it is, but I change my oil, my brakes, and transmission fluid. I have changed my alternator and starter before but on my current car, the starter was such a pain in the arse to change I paid someone to do it.

Checking in. My pops taught me to work on my own stuff. Getting harder these days with the way cars are built but still try to do everything I can. Saves a crap ton of money.

In. My dad was a mechanic, so grew up working on all my stuff. My dad required me to be able to fix almost everything on my car before he would let me get my license at 16.

So I could change points, plugs, wires, oil, brakes, wheel bearings, pretty much the works. He wouldn’t let me buy a slave cylinder for my rear brakes, I had to buy a kit, hone it out, and rebuild it myself. Stuff like that. I’ve rebuilt alternators, carburetors, master cylinders, etc. I put a 4 barrel aluminum intake, carb, and headers on my car when I was 17.

It’s a damn shame that you can’t really work on cars these days.

I usually do alot of work on my car but the older I get the more I say frick it I got a good mechanic let him do the work.

I do it all. My father is a mechanic and I grew up around it. There is nothing I won’t attempt to fix. I’ve had a 92 mustang since high school that has had the motor out twice to do a complete performance upgrade and every part changed or replaced except the transmission. I bought an 06 Silverado from my FIL that needed the lifters and cam changed so we pulled th motor on that and completely rebuilt it.

That said, my father has all the tools you’d need to do these jobs so it makes it easier to jump in and fix issues or upgrade parts. I understand why people don’t do it, I just have no reason not to do it.

Some, on my old cars