If a GURL wanted to learn mechanic-ing ... 🤷🤷🤷

[DDriller]

Go hang out at Swampratt's place. He has so many projects I'm sure you can learn anything you need from mowers to car engines.

 

[Shadowrider]

@THAT Gurl if you want some inspiration. lol

https://fb.watch/pFEAWIrsL3/
If I was younger I'd chase this girl down and marry her...

 

[dennishoddy]

YouTube, trial and error, vo-tech. The vo techs should have an ‘intro’ into small engine that would hit the high lights. Almost all small engine issues are fuel or carb related.

OR, that pesky flywheel key. If the engine backfires for any reason, it will partially shear and never start again until replaced.
Buddy called me once to ask why his mower won't start. Agreed it backfired and sent him off to buy another key. By the time I got to his house, he had installed the key, backfired again and he was putting it out of its misery with a 16lb sledge hammer.
My sister was a pretty good mechanic because when we had to work on our vehicles, dad always made us stay with him while he talked about what he was doing and made us fetch tools so we knew what they were called. She could adjust points, change plugs, tires and so on.

 

[turkeyrun]

The USAF has the second highest rated occupational education on the planet,,,
Second to the USN only because of their nuclear reactor programs.

Both agencies take a HS graduate from Podunk, USA,,,
And turn him or her into an entry level jet engine mechanic in less than a year

I went through the USAF Instructor Academy,,,
We actually had more "butt in seat" time,,,
Than for my BS at OK State University.

One of the adages we often used was very similar,,,
Watch a task, Do that task, Teach that task.

Basically, if you could teach someone else how to do a thing,,,
Then you truly understood how to do that thing.

Einstein was credited with saying:

"If you can't explain what you are doing to a five year old,,,
Then you really don't understand it yourself."

That was a paraphrase,,,
I don't remember the exact quote.

But it's true as all get out,,,
My 4-year old namesake and his 6-year old sister challenge me.

They both ask me about stuff all the time,,,
Of course my answers to them lack fine details,,,
But the challenge is to simplify my answers to their queries.

Aarond

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True dat

When I was doing instrument calibration and repair, I would ONLY hire techs with Navy or Aur Force certification.

They could take a piece of equipment they knew nothing about and repair and or calibrate. BECAUSE they listened to what they were told and could follow a tech manual.

@THAT Gurl join the Navy, make sure they guarantee you get into PMEL or a maintenance tech school.

 

[SoonerP226]

@THAT Gurl join the Navy, make sure they guarantee you get into PMEL or a maintenance tech school.

After she lost the title bout with the tree, I'm pretty sure the draft board would say there aren't enough Fs to classify her...

 

[OkieMoe]

Find a project car or truck. and just start!

 

[THAT Gurl]

After she lost the title bout with the tree, I'm pretty sure the draft board would say there aren't enough Fs to classify her...

Thank you for not mentioning my age.

And yeah, boys, I'm not joining the .mil ... Sorry to disappoint.

 

[SoonerP226]

Thank you for not mentioning my age.

Whenever a female at work had a birthday, my old boss would say, “they say it’s not polite to ask a woman her age, so how much do you weigh?”

 

[THAT Gurl]

Whenever a female at work had a birthday, my old boss would say, “they say it’s not polite to ask a woman her age, so how much do you weigh?”

I'll be 66 next week.

 

[KurtM]

Oh come now!! Best place to start is as pictured! A kids tool set and it's only $39.95!