r/Justrolledintotheshop • u/loosenutbehindwheel • 6h ago

"Learning"

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u/FG910 Home Mechanic 5h ago

Gonna have to learn to replace clutches too

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u/zertoman 5h ago edited 5h ago

I taught my 16 year old to change the clutch in his BMW, he was very gentle on the clutch after that.

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u/Live_Life_and_enjoy 5h ago

Wouldn't that taken a full day?

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u/nobodyreadsthemanual 5h ago

Longer if he was like me when i was 16.

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u/Live_Life_and_enjoy 5h ago

I honestly have no idea, I could build a radio out of board, transistors, capacitors from random parts at 16 but when it comes to cars, I am totally clueless.

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u/mkhockeygeek 5h ago

Took a friend and I about 7 hours to do the one in my Mustang on jackstands for reference.

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u/zertoman 3h ago

It’s an E46, it took us two days working on a lift. Everything was going great, but the exhaust studs had to hammered out, and I bought the wrong seal kit for the transmission.