The cars and bikes thread!

[happyscrappyheropup]

With guitar picks and a wash-basin plug.

You’re a handy bloke - I wish you lived next door.

Not counting my heat gun, you're right, about $4 in eBay tools.

[93EXCivic]

I have a slightly different perspective as a DIY'er. I have fixed electronics in the past and will continue to wield my soldering iron to solve those problems.

Just this week I fixed the PCB on the remote for my daughter's car. Had to desolder broken components, soldered on new ones. $10 and about 15 minutes of worked saved $300+. Obviously not an internal engine sensor or something that kills the car, but I have solved those problems, too. Cam/crank sensors, wheel sensors, etc. There are few problems I can't fix myself. I even replaced capacitors on the main control board for my built in fridge at the house

There is usually a DIY solution, you need time, skill, and tools to solve them.

It is a lot of a pain though. I had to replaces the caps and a couple traces on my Civic's PCB.

[happyscrappyheropup]

It is a lot of a pain though. I had to replaces the caps and a couple traces on my Civic's PCB.

It's not easy to do properly, but diagnosis is sometimes worse than the repair.

I'd be lost without youtube/specialty websites. I'm a big dummy, but I can watch a video and like a chimp mimic what I saw.

[93EXCivic]

It's not easy to do properly, but diagnosis is sometimes worse than the repair.

I'd be lost without youtube/specialty websites. I'm a big dummy, but I can watch a video and like a chimp mimic what I saw.

That is my biggest thing with electronics. I do a lot of DIY but diagnosing electrical problems is about a million times harder then mechanical.

[Raza]

Ferrari 250 GTE:




Apparently on sale for $445,000. What a gorgeous car. I'm not familiar with this model, but damn is it beautiful. Mlcor, do it.

https://www.carscoops.com/2020/01/fe...res-out-there/

[mlcor]

Apparently on sale for $445,000. What a gorgeous car. I'm not familiar with this model, but damn is it beautiful. Mlcor, do it.

Sure, I’ll take two.


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[Raza]

Sure, I’ll take two.


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I bet they’ll do an even trade for your Credor!

[geoffbot]

I assume everyone saw this? https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...r-record-price

[mlcor]

I bet they’ll do an even trade for your Credor!

I think that would only cover the cost of the mechanic for one year.


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[Samanator]

I have a slightly different perspective as a DIY'er. I have fixed electronics in the past and will continue to wield my soldering iron to solve those problems.

Just this week I fixed the PCB on the remote for my daughter's car. Had to desolder broken components, soldered on new ones. $10 and about 15 minutes of worked saved $300+. Obviously not an internal engine sensor or something that kills the car, but I have solved those problems, too. Cam/crank sensors, wheel sensors, etc. There are few problems I can't fix myself. I even replaced capacitors on the main control board for my built in fridge at the house

There is usually a DIY solution, you need time, skill, and tools to solve them.

2000+ Jaguars and many newer Mustangs and other Ford products ABS/Traction control modules were famous for a few parts burning out and cold solder joints. I watched a video when I got my 2002 XK8 and went and fixed mine. Then my dad had a Mustang that I fix the module for him. I've probably done about two dozen of these modules total. It's amazing the amount of how to videos out there. I generally was able to do most of the repairs on the XK8, unless I felt it was better to pay some one since it required something that I just didn't want to do. At least I was armed with the knowledge of how it was done.

Sometimes knowing how to do or fix things is a curse. There comes a point when you just don't have the time to do something so you wind up hiring some one. You'll almost never be happy with the work they do.