Not a question. Just a reminder about cars:

[Revoltingest]

Thank you for the spoiler. Such old machines last a long time if they aren't scrapped. I had some education as toolmaker. So, I have a bit of iron in my blood besides the normal stuff. Funny name you gave it though. But, I guess you are right, it is a passion for many.

I know an old iron collector (band saws) who actually
has hemochromatosis (too much iron in the blood).

 

[Grandliseur]

Once in motion, it does everything on its own.
Just gotta watch oil levels, governor operation, & spectators.
(This museum lets you get up close & personal to things which could kill you.)

Spoiler: Mechanical pornography

My father was the real nuts and bolts person. He would fix things most other people couldn't, do things that nobody dared to do. He even surprised specialists in France, was it, when he and my uncle needed to fix a difficult problem on their car that had broken down during a vacation. I was perhaps only a baby then left back with grandma.
He once - while I wasn't there to help - took out a Volkswagen engine by loosening all the required stuff, dropping it down on his chest and backed out from under the car. I thought he was nuts (he left the bolts somewhere else) when he told me. I thought he could have died from the load on his chest if he couldn't get out from under there, but he was alive when he told me. I guess he didn't have a good garage to work in. I still have a really nice place to work in, but it is going going gone soon.

 

[Revoltingest]

My father was the real nuts and bolts person. He would fix things most other people couldn't, do things that nobody dared to do. He even surprised specialists in France, was it, when he and my uncle needed to fix a difficult problem on their car that had broken down during a vacation. I was perhaps only a baby then left back with grandma.
He once - while I wasn't there to help - took out a Volkswagen engine by loosening all the required stuff, dropping it down on his chest and backed out from under the car. I thought he was nuts when he told me. I thought he could have died from the load on his chest if he couldn't get out from under there, but he was alive when he told me. I guess he didn't have a good garage to work in. I still have a really nice place to work in, but it is going going gone soon.

I'm not so skilled at fixing things.
And I marvel at those who can do such things.

 

[Grandliseur]

I'm not so skilled at fixing things.
And I marvel at those who can do such things.

I am too old now, but I have always had a knack for simply dismantling the thing needing repairs and putting the pieces back together again once done without trouble. When working on really complex things, I might take a picture, or if it is the total dismantling of brakes, I always take apart one side only so that if I forget a detail, I can look at its twin on the other side of the car. Most times, I have no trouble remembering how things should fit, what length and type bolt goes here and there. And, then, of course, I use a system where the parts that come off are laid out in the order they come off the offending unit.

Still, I know my limits, especially now, and enjoy the fact that newer vehicles have less trouble. I use an electric drill for much of my work. I loosen the bolt or nut by hand mostly. Then I have put a socket on my drill and use a low power setting to quickly take off or screw it on. This saves me a lot of time. The last bit of tightening is done by hand, and at times with a tool that shows me the torque for this job.