Whoa! Bet that peezed you off badly...like going ape shucks bad!

I do pretty much everything to our vehicles.got burnt long ago many times by stealerships stripping out drain plugs, leaving off oil fill cap, forgetting to replace mass air flow sensor they shouldn't have removed to begin with,not changing oil filter.on and on and on.last thing I had done by stealership was brakes on wife's car and now abs light is on.great the idiots damaged or knocked loose the wheel sensor I'm sure.uhgg go figure one time I didn't fix it myself
Really funny how an untrained redneck without a ton of tools can do a better job.
I quit giving my money away I'll buy parts fix it in my driveway much much better than these chit folks now days

I do all my vehicle service and repairs at my dad's garage. I've never taken a vehicle to a mechanic before.

It used to him be doing most of the work, and me helping out when I wasn't in the way too much. He doesn't have the strength to turn wrenches anymore, but his wisdom while I'm doing the work is still valuable.

I change my own oil for more than just saving money, it's a great father-son bonding moment. I've even been able to teach him a few things in recent years, and I could tell he was proud of me. I worry he won't be around much longer, and I think my time in the garage with him will be what I cherish most.

I'm so thankful for the skill he taught me, and it was definitely a big part of me growing into a man.

Nice to have the bonding. I restored my '66 stang years ago and my youngest son was always wanting to be involved. Now he has a '78 trans am and it is a beautiful car. Show room beautiful. I still go over to Atlanta to help do repairs, like a new altenator or power steering pump recently. He calls and asks questions about how to do certain things. I understand the part abouot getting old and having the wisdom about older vintage vehicles. He loves to draw on that too. Always a pleasure to be a part of. He likes to talk about him helping me on the stang when he was about 6-18. Something about turning 18 and girls, makes other things fade into the background A vintage vehicle is a great way to bond with kids. We restored a '56 chevy pickup when he was around 12. He came home one day and asked me if I would help him restore that. It took about 3 years but it turned out beautiful.

I taught both daughters how to do it and one still does her own, just wanted them to know how things are done so they can teach their future husbands.

I do my oil changes now, but when my wife’s car was still under warranty I took it to the dealer for service. By the next oil change I was going to do it since it was at the end of the warranty. Well, the day came to change the oil and the drain plug was super tight. Out of curiosity, I had a torque wrench and was able to break loose the drain plug at 92 ft/lbs. the wheel lugs spec is like 86 ft/lbs. i have no idea how this much torque didn’t strip the threads but I hadn’t had any issues since, since I now do all my own maintenance.