Do-It-Yourself vs. Mechanic
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Do-It-Yourself vs. Mechanic
I currently have a bad, leaking radiator causing my FD to overheat, so i m planning to get a Koyo or Fluidyne radiator next month. I downloaded the workshop manual....but im still thinking whether to bring it to the mechanic or do it myself. I havnt bought any tools yet to work on it.
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Do some search and do it yourself. Really easy...
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...diator+Install
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...diator+Install
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you dont need a hell of a lot of tools to work on this car, just get a 8, 10, 12, 14, 17mm socket/wrench set and your nearly all set, all you need is a few screwdrivers and perhpas a rubber mallet or hammer and you can damn near strip the entire car down to the chassie
if you want to do it faster/easier and more expensively, get a bunch of airtools.
bottem line is if your poor like most of us here (im not bagging on anyone, just stating the fact that if all of us could afford lambos, ferraris or hell even vipers which are sub 40k now adays, we would not be in this forum), do it yourself. If you can afford to pay someone to do it, why the hell not? you dont have to worry about it (well thats if you can find a good mechanic) and you dont have to get dirty and have your hands get all cut up.
if you want to do it faster/easier and more expensively, get a bunch of airtools.
bottem line is if your poor like most of us here (im not bagging on anyone, just stating the fact that if all of us could afford lambos, ferraris or hell even vipers which are sub 40k now adays, we would not be in this forum), do it yourself. If you can afford to pay someone to do it, why the hell not? you dont have to worry about it (well thats if you can find a good mechanic) and you dont have to get dirty and have your hands get all cut up.
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Originally Posted by RotaryKnightV1
I currently have a bad, leaking radiator causing my FD to overheat, so i m planning to get a Koyo or Fluidyne radiator next month. I downloaded the workshop manual....but im still thinking whether to bring it to the mechanic or do it myself. I havnt bought any tools yet to work on it.
https://www.rx7club.com/a-31/
They will get you taken care of..... Heck, one of them might volunteer to help you out themselves.
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Is your time worth more than working on the car? Thast how you have to see it. I had this dilema when i started school AND work. It wasnt worth my time to work on the car, so I had it go to a mechanic.
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