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[PhilRich]

Can I take this opportunity to Thank JesterRT for his excellent guide in the Maintenance Section I couldn't have done the job without it!
This is just one small instance of why the OOF is the really Great place it is.

[Dave Elite]

I'm glad it helped, but its pretty p*ss easy.

[davethediver]

I'm glad it helped, but its pretty p*ss easy.

As are so many things in life IF you know what your doing, never anything wrong with a little helping hand

[Dave Elite]

I'm glad it helped, but its pretty p*ss easy.

As are so many things in life IF you know what your doing, never anything wring with a little helping hand

Didnt say there was, I was just surprised anyone could need a guide to do that job.

[davethediver]

I'm glad it helped, but its pretty p*ss easy.

As are so many things in life IF you know what your doing, never anything wring with a little helping hand

Didnt say there was, I was just surprised anyone could need a guide to do that job.

The same could be said for a lot of jobs that there are how too's for, many on here know very little about cars and mechanic's as such, hence the reason they join. 

[Dave Elite]

I'm glad it helped, but its pretty p*ss easy.

As are so many things in life IF you know what your doing, never anything wring with a little helping hand

Didnt say there was, I was just surprised anyone could need a guide to do that job.

The same could be said for a lot of jobs that there are how too's for, many on here know very little about cars and mechanic's as such, hence the reason they join. 

I'm still  surprised anyone could need a guide to do that job

[davethediver]

I'm glad it helped, but its pretty p*ss easy.

As are so many things in life IF you know what your doing, never anything wring with a little helping hand

Didnt say there was, I was just surprised anyone could need a guide to do that job.

The same could be said for a lot of jobs that there are how too's for, many on here know very little about cars and mechanic's as such, hence the reason they join. 

I'm still  surprised anyone could need a guide to do that job

Phils not that good when it comes to cars though only managed to fit his own LPG maybe as the post stated he was just giving thanks to what the idea behind OOF actually was/is 

[gstylebaby]

Any guide i always think is better than non.

[Dave Elite]

Can I take this opportunity to Thank JesterRT for his excellent guide in the Maintenance Section I couldn't have done the job without it!
This is just one small instance of why the OOF is the really Great place it is.

Thats the bit that got me. Bet he could

[kcl]

There is no such thing as useless guide. There is always something, even with the smallest and easiest operations, that you may like to share with others. Even listing the tools, torques etc and esp in this case, e.g. giving a hint where to find the top bolts (on an estate they are under little covers)

[JesterRT]

Glad it helped

It is pretty easy, but as with most things - it's nicer to start a job having seen what's coming.  The other bits and pieces I've done on the cars I've had (which haven't been particularly adventurous - radiator swaps, cam cover gaskets, suspension arms, springs, water pumps, and a few others) I'd all say were easy(ish) - but only after I've finished them.  And every time I've gone through the jobs they're pretty logical and I probably could have (and did on several occasions) manage without a guide, but I've only got to that point by using guides to gain the confidence to actually venture out a bit more.  Whether it's Haynes, a few lines of text or, in my opinion the best kind which are photographed by real people doing the jobs on their drive without full workshop facilities I'd be still sending my cars to be ripped off by the local garage for doing the 'easy' jobs.

[Dave Elite]

Can I take this opportunity to Thank JesterRT for his excellent guide in the Maintenance Section I couldn't have done the job without it!
This is just one small instance of why the OOF is the really Great place it is.

once again, this is the bit that got me. And I'll say it again. Bet he could

[Entwood]

Can I take this opportunity to Thank JesterRT for his excellent guide in the Maintenance Section I couldn't have done the job without it!
This is just one small instance of why the OOF is the really Great place it is.

once again, this is the bit that got me. And I'll say it again. Bet he could

As you have no information regarding his abilities, previous knowledge, tool availability etc etc .. you canot really make such a claim.

YOU might be able to do things by guesswork .. many others of us lack the ability to read the minds of designers/enginers, and so welcome guides, no matter how mundane they appear to you.

I would suggest that a 7 year old would be unable to change a set of sparkplugs on a Morris Minor without guidance... once given that guidance may well enble that person to change the plugs on a ford cortina when aged 22 .. as they have LEARNED how to do the job ..

Now I have changed a set of wishbones, a set of track rod ends, and a pair of drop links .. yes, I could do thoswe jobs AGAIN without guidance ... but certainly not the FIRST time.

Not all of us are "experts", although many on the forum like to think they are.

[PhilRich]

Glad it helped

It is pretty easy, but as with most things - it's nicer to start a job having seen what's coming.  The other bits and pieces I've done on the cars I've had (which haven't been particularly adventurous - radiator swaps, cam cover gaskets, suspension arms, springs, water pumps, and a few others) I'd all say were easy(ish) - but only after I've finished them.  And every time I've gone through the jobs they're pretty logical and I probably could have (and did on several occasions) manage without a guide, but I've only got to that point by using guides to gain the confidence to actually venture out a bit more.  Whether it's Haynes, a few lines of text or, in my opinion the best kind which are photographed by real people doing the jobs on their drive without full workshop facilities I'd be still sending my cars to be ripped off by the local garage for doing the 'easy' jobs.

Exactly my line of thinking too  & that's why I offered my sincere & well deserved thanks! I've spent very little time taking cars to bits since my early twenties, in Nineteen Hundred and Oh My God Ago! so any help in keeping my old girl on the road at least cost, but best working practice, is like Gold Dust to myself & others like me. 

[Dave Elite]

Can I take this opportunity to Thank JesterRT for his excellent guide in the Maintenance Section I couldn't have done the job without it!
This is just one small instance of why the OOF is the really Great place it is.

once again, this is the bit that got me. And I'll say it again. Bet he could

As you have no information regarding his abilities, previous knowledge, tool availability etc etc .. you canot really make such a claim.
YOU might be able to do things by guesswork .. many others of us lack the ability to read the minds of designers/enginers, and so welcome guides, no matter how mundane they appear to you.

I would suggest that a 7 year old would be unable to change a set of sparkplugs on a Morris Minor without guidance... once given that guidance may well enble that person to change the plugs on a ford cortina when aged 22 .. as they have LEARNED how to do the job ..

Now I have changed a set of wishbones, a set of track rod ends, and a pair of drop links .. yes, I could do thoswe jobs AGAIN without guidance ... but certainly not the FIRST time.

Not all of us are "experts", although many on the forum like to think they are.

I'm not making any claims, but I'll say it again if it will help you. Bet he could.