A&Q about 350Z
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give me your knowledge... how did you find out so much about engines, all.... im interested but jus dont know where to start when it comes to mechanics, taught myself bodywork at a cost as it was a case of doing it wrong and re-doing it but now i am skint and cant really jus go hammer an nail into it as its my daily driver... cheers
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i was sentenced to life in the motor trade after school, but luckily i made parole a few years back
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I've been at it for over 15 years, there are lots of books, V.A.W. Hillier wrote the ones I used at college which covers the basics of mechanics.
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read
listen
ignore the idiots, liars, and all the pretenders who never actually do anything themselvces apart from talk a lot.
basically, stay away from the internet and go to the library instead. and speak to REAL people instead of forums.
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read
listen
ignore the idiots, liars, and all the pretenders who never actually do anything themselvces apart from talk a lot.
basically, stay away from the internet and go to the library instead. and speak to REAL people instead of forums.
What he said
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I've been at it for over 15 years, there are lots of books, V.A.W. Hillier wrote the ones I used at college which covers the basics of mechanics.
They still use the V.A.W Hillier ones!!!
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read
listen
ignore the idiots, liars, and all the pretenders who never actually do anything themselvces apart from talk a lot.
basically, stay away from the internet and go to the library instead. and speak to REAL people instead of forums.
Wise words.
Reading and listening to people that really know what they are talking about is the way forward. Meeting people means you have "real" help when you need it.
That said, I've had some superb help from members on this forum, but you do have to sieve through the bullsh#tters to find the ones who really know their stuff.
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Necessity is the mother of invention and getting your hands dirty..
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I've been at it for over 15 years, there are lots of books, V.A.W. Hillier wrote the ones I used at college which covers the basics of mechanics.
Yep,Fundementals of vehicle technology, or summat like that
Edit -
18yrs 'in the trade' has still not taught me enough to stop messing about with my own cars
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i think an initial thirst for knowledge really helps too, hence some people just 'pick it up' from an early age. learning the workings of an engine from scratch must be on par with learning a foreign language.
as the poster of the thread said, he learned bodywork stuff through trial and error, basically gaining experiance as he went. must be one of the best ways to learn and you see what will and will not work and cuts out having to listen to dreamers /BSers.
im the other way round... i need to learn body work now!
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it can be a bit confusing reading books and not knowing what the hell they`re talking about, the haynes manuel is 1 of afew books that are quite easy to understand, failing that there are plenty of programs on sky that teach u athing or 2.
Like every1 says, if u listern, observe and remember things that experienced people say and do, it helps... oh, and learn to recognise when sum1 is talk rubbish coz their advice could mess up a job u do 1 day..
I learnt by doing an engine conversion, stripping and rebuilding teaches u alot. but thats not for every1...
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listern, observe and remember things that experienced people say
thats the problem - theres not enough of that going on.....young people strutting about thinking they know it all because they did work experience in kwikfit.
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i watched/ helped my dad in the garage from an early age and got a **** old fiesta as my first motor and thus it brokedown every day so i learned loads !!