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Did Any Of You Ever Buy A Car To Rip Apart & Put Back Together?

  • 24-10-2013 3:40pm
    #1
    DMW22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭


    For a good while now I have been wanting to buy a small cheap car to rip apart and learn how everything works. I'd be more interested in striping the engine down to the block and then rebuilding it but sure while I'm at it I might as well strip the whole car, brakes, suspension, etc.

    I have always had an interest in mechanical engineering and that was the plan for college but after my first year of undenominated engineering I went for IT as I liked the programming side but dropped out as college isn't for me.

    I'm sure dgt probably has done this but I'm wondering has any of the rest of you done it or what other ways have ye learned?


Comments

  • #2
    BillJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 635 ✭✭✭BillJ


    Actually mad to do this myself except I think my mother would have a fit if I started stripping a car out the back garden


  • #3
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    I have done and still do.


    I'm easily on car number 50 now.


  • #4
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Umm, not for a while now. And not exactly deliberately. :D:D:D


  • #5
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Umm, not for a while now. And not exactly deliberately. :D:D:D

    Thats no fun.

    I got this for free-zies and then just done this because, well, because.
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  • #6
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,761 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Probably easier if you got a Haynes manual for the particular car, will give good instructions on taking certain parts out and how to approach it.


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  • #7
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Kaiser D wrote: »
    Thats no fun.

    I got this for free-zies and then just done this because, well, because.

    ...

    Thing a' beauty. :cool:


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