trial and error mechanic dont know shit until i accidentally get it right haha

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i work on all my bikes though

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Ford Ranger Edge Supercab, 2004 3.0 Auto, 2WD, 4.10 Axle 31x10.5x15 BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO's


My Truck Is My Mountain Bike's Ride!

Class III hitch, Rhino Bedliner, Almost Maxed T-Bar Crank, Tuff Country Add A Leaf, Custom Low Anchor Points, OEM ('99) Tow Hooks, Pro Comp Offroad Lights , Mustang Dome Light, Clear Corners, Slim Toolbox, Blinker Mod,Cargo Brake Light Mod,Expo Lighted Visors, Ultra Silverstar heads/fogs, Fog/high mod, Reverse/switched lights, Bike Fork Mounts

Back yard learn as ya go mechanic. Lol

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oops! 2000 4x4 4.0 8.8 3.73 gears 7 inches of lift 4 suspension and 3 body. 33x12.50.15 bfg all terrains. CB MORE TO COME. IMO im always right.

Started with my first car at 16 with my first and since then built countless motors with buddies ninth Honda scene and chevy v8s for the strip and none of my 7 vehicles have been completely stock after I've owned them. And im 24

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2008 ford escape xlt 3.0 v6 4x4

94 xlt 5spd longbed,
Was a built 2.3 turbo currently no motor or trans
5.0 swap coming soon
6/5 drop with dream beams,8.8 373 posi,17x9 wheels,swp seats,8k hids, autometer guages, Wideband o2, shiftlight, illusive trans x-member, 01-04 4x4 front bumper
PNW Crew
AC

My dad's been working as a mechanic/Light equipment operator/etc for the municipality for over around 30 years. My uncle has been messing my cars since he was 12 so i've learned a good deal from them. I'm also in a automotive technology program at school that takes up half the day and both teachers in there have taught me a ton.

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1997 Ford Ranger XLT, 2.3L I4, Auto, 2wd, Regular Cab, 91k miles. 7.5in 4.10 Open Rear Axle

Keep the air in the spare, and the bag in the wheel - Adam Carolla

Our familys best freinds owned a gravel pit and trucking company so iv spent my whole life helpin out and hanging out at there shop. Thats where i leearned the most helpin them out on heavy equipment. Then the past 6 years iv worked at a golf course. Iv worked on alot there fixin mowers and such.

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31x10.5 r15, 4inch spindles, 2inch blocks n shackles

My Build Thread

I now enough to get by along with some common sense. If i dont, then i know plenty of people who do! I do all my mechanic work for the most part. I have replaced myself:

94 Ranger:

Timing belt (never timed an engine before
fuel pump
water pump
brakes

06 Ranger:

Water pump
Front Crank seal
Rear pinion seal
right front axle seal
hub bearing
drum brakes
front brakes

Shops just charge too much and im afraid they might get grease in my seats

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I've been bending wrenches in some form or fashion since I was young. I started doing it on aircraft in 1987. My automotive skills have been a learn as you go thing with no formal training unlike my aircraft work.

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Sgtsandman's Work in Progress
2011 Ranger XLT, 4X4, 4 door Super Cab. 4.0L, 5 Speed M50D-R1HD, 3.73:1, 8.8" open differential, Jason Pace cap
2019 Ford Ranger STX FX4, Super Crew, 2.3L Ecoboost, 10 speed automatic, 3.73:1 with rear locker, Leer 100XR cap

i'm the typical redneck that grew up with a go cart, dirt bike, tractor ,chainsaw, weed-eater, john deer mower... you gotta fix it when it's broke

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1999 xlt 2.5l 5-speed Supercab 159k
83 diesel 2.2l na
06 F250 6.0l psd
{click for lol}

From the time I turned 5, my dad made sure that I always had toys that you could take apart and put back together. From the Home Depot sets, to cars with interchangeable wheels. Then, when I turned a few years older, he promoted me to tool fetcher, and light holder. Then when I was 8, I was pulling tires off of everything he worked on. I also watched him tear down motors. Then when I was 15, my parents bought my F150 as a father-son project. But my father and I went separate ways shortly there-after, so I was left to do the work on my own. I joined a popular Ford Truck site, and after gaining some confidence, I started tearing into my F150 doing little things like gasket changes, and then I moved up to oil pan swaps, which turned into complete interior swaps, and then to a complete engine tear-down.

I'm mainly self taught, although I have watched my dad do much of the same repair work as I do now.

I have built countless cars and trucks everything from race engines and cars to basic rebuilds and restos. Went to auto mechanics school for 3 years - stopped just short of getting my ASE Master Tech - first time the auto strikes started, I decided to stop. Well that and its just more of a hobby. I have a few friends that raced (nothing pro) and I used to build there engines. I have build everything from 5.0s to 5.8s, all the way to grudge drag radial and outlaw grudge stuff. My big specialty is LS engines.

In fact I still have the programs on my computer where I can test out my figures and combinations before I actually build it. I use to have a pretty good client base and worked out of my garage for quite awhile.

But haven't done anything recently because of my health.

I also have a pretty good architectural background. I getting back into this big time because I am contemplating going back to school to get the degree. I have the know-how but not the degree. For my birthday I am getting a CAD architecture program so I can start re-learning design home structure building and planning.

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(Project Dirty Girl) 06 Chevy 3500 CCLB DRW 4WD (D-Code) LBZ Duramax - Air Box Mod, High Flow Filter, Turbo Silencer Removed and capped, LMM Sensor Pack, LML Turbocharger Solenoid, EFI Live Tuned by Myself, TranSynd for the Allison, Awaiting more mods, 100 + Injectors, PPE Hot Fueler Kit, PPE Dual Fueler kit, PPE Compound Kit and Mike's ALLY Trans Setup - Inglewood Trans!

I owe alot of my knowledge of vehicles and mechanics in general to my dad. My father owns a collision repair business so I grew up around the repair industry. Ive always been a do it yourself kind of person so Im self taught as well. The way I look at it is why pay someone to fix it when I can do it myself and maybe learn something along the way.

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I also owe much to my Dad. I hung around him a lot during my early years. He seemingly could do anything. Woodworking, machine work, electrical. I helped were I could as he frame off restored 3 cars.
He was a perfectionist in every sense of the word. "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right!"
I want to know how everything works. I can take anything apart, and put it back together in the same order it came apart. I started at a young age fixing small engines, and have rebuilt several automotive engines.
I enjoy reading technical manuals over literature.

Assembly directions? We don't need no stinkin directions! Just give me an exploded view illustration.

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Dale

2003 XLT Ext Cab. 3.0 2wd. Auto. Current driver.
1996 XLT Reg Cab. 2.3 2wd. Manual. My 1st Ranger.

An expert is someone who knows everything about something they've never done before.

Agree 120%. You either do it right or don't do it at all. The second part is just plain funny.

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(Project Dirty Girl) 06 Chevy 3500 CCLB DRW 4WD (D-Code) LBZ Duramax - Air Box Mod, High Flow Filter, Turbo Silencer Removed and capped, LMM Sensor Pack, LML Turbocharger Solenoid, EFI Live Tuned by Myself, TranSynd for the Allison, Awaiting more mods, 100 + Injectors, PPE Hot Fueler Kit, PPE Dual Fueler kit, PPE Compound Kit and Mike's ALLY Trans Setup - Inglewood Trans!

Started as a young teen repairing lawn mowers, then graduated to cars when I was 15, later with the help of a friend became a Jaguar machanic, but becouse of back problems gave it up, but I always kept my knukles greasy for the last 38 years!

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2011 XLT 2WD Ext. Cab. 2.3 5 speed
chrome wheels, spray-in bedliner, Extang RT Tonneau cover, tinted glass, tailgate lock, pin stripe. :

2 years of auto tech at the local college

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2008 F250 Super Duty KEM tuned