tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post5676704258658343488..comments2024-03-28T16:53:39.313-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: Old Time Repair ShopsPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-66800929676411526072017-03-27T07:32:20.983-05:002017-03-27T07:32:20.983-05:00@Jester: Well yeah, there are stupid things like t...@Jester: Well yeah, there are stupid things like that. My favorite was, IIRC, a mid-80's Chevy Celebrity which required you to pull the engine out to replace a spark plug. Yeah, some engineer should've been drawn and quartered for THAT one.<br /><br />I drive a 2006 Jeep Liberty, replacing the headlight or fog light bulb requires removing the grill, which is held on by five clips, then it tips off. Then there's a screw holding the bulb in place. The whole thing takes ten minutes tops, five if which is spent trying to figure out where I left the (expletive deleted) screwdriver. The tail lights are even simpler, the first time took me longer because I didn't have a proper sized Torx driver so had to go get one (which now rides in the little pocket in the back of the Jeep).<br /><br />Mark D<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-22667716645107844402017-03-26T18:22:25.559-05:002017-03-26T18:22:25.559-05:00My wifes uncle, prior to LCD/LED screens becoming ...My wifes uncle, prior to LCD/LED screens becoming mainstream, had a thriving TV/Electronic Goods repair business. When flat panels came along, he found that very few manufacturers were willing to make the circuit diagrams & parts list available to other than their "authorised repair agents".<br />It was quite remarkable how many apparently simple repairs regularly cost as much as buying a complete new unit..... from the shop run by the "repair agent" of course.....<br /><br /><br />Bryn, Isle of Anglesey, UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-13338577298033402142017-03-24T22:08:51.124-05:002017-03-24T22:08:51.124-05:00Mechanical and Electrical have continued to separa...Mechanical and Electrical have continued to separate more and more exponentially.<br /><br />Though consider this. To replace a headlight bulb in a 2009 Chevy Malibu requires The front bumper and a few other parts to be removed just to get at the headlight assembly. That is an "American" car.<br />Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973419641321027031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-1321693883760654572017-03-24T19:55:16.801-05:002017-03-24T19:55:16.801-05:00Radio Shack and Heathkit repair 'classes'....Radio Shack and Heathkit repair 'classes'... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-47394653226978956282017-03-24T18:20:57.882-05:002017-03-24T18:20:57.882-05:00Remember when drug stores featured TV tube testing...Remember when drug stores featured TV tube testing machines that allowed you to test the vacuum tubes from your TV so you knew which one needed to be replaced, and offered a supply of replacement tubes on a shelf below the testing board?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-48416822993251395652017-03-24T12:07:49.082-05:002017-03-24T12:07:49.082-05:00Fixing things is a lost art, as is building things...Fixing things is a lost art, as is building things. <br /><br />I saw a TV commercial last weekend that nearly made me throw something at the TV. It was for an insurance company, and featured a middle aged woman and her 20-something son, and she said "(insurance company name) rescued him with their roadside assistance when he got a flat tire at midnight." My reply was "Shame on you for sending him out in his own car without making sure he knew how to change a (expletive deleted) tire instead of waiting for someone more competent to show up!"<br /><br />My wife's friend at work was amazed, and I mean shocked, to learn that I'd changed a brake light bulb on my car. She said she takes it to the dealer when a bulb burns out. There was only one time I ever paid to have a bulb changed, we were on a trip and stopped for gas, the gas attendant told me I had a headlight out, and rather than get wet (it was raining) I let them do it. They just charged for the bulb and I tipped the guy a few bucks for doing it. Had there been a wait for someone to do it, I'd have gotten wet and done it myself.<br /><br />Oh, regarding your earlier posting, I'm also from up North, in my case New Jersey. <br /><br />Mark DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com