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Old 10-09-2005, 01:15 PM
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Default Re: Learn to work on your car and save money!

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I knew somebody like this myself, care to guess where he worked? JIFFY LUBE.
Same here, in fact, it seems everytime I bring my car to some 'pro' (highly specialized one at that) they screw something else up. Recently I had a shop reinstall the rear subframe bushing...without a lift its a full two day afair so I let them do it. Now the differential is leaking (they had to remove it to get to the bushings). So up went the car on the jack stands and turns out the bolt holding the input shaft is about half a turn loose and its had axial play in it. This is a limited slip differential so chances are the play ruined it. I tightened it but I'm dreading finding metal shavings when I drain the oil

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I've recently changed a window regulator myself, buy my car was down for nearly three weeks because I needed a specialized rivet gun which I could not find at any tool store in my area.
This wouldn't be a German model by any chance ? Mercedes for one uses rivets, I've drilled them out and replaced them with metal screws
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