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Yeah, I get it, you're sort of lazy making all sorts of excuses to make a simple job harder than it is. I'm 73 now with limited function on my right side due to a stroke years ago. While it takes me longer, i still have the desire, and drive to do simple service tasks like such no matter how difficult I find it.
 
Look it doesn't hurt to do the simple stuff even if you screwup the first time. That how one learns. Heck you should have seen me in my early 20's....everything was brute force due to not having the proper tools, and having no one to learn from. Neighbors thought I was building a house at night after coming home from work. Eventually you get better, knowing whats needed for the job.
I still do basic maintenance like brake jobs, coolant/oil changes, plugs, sensors, exhaust....stuff I can handle. I'm done doing engine pulls, transmissions, and differentials. Its new vehicle time if it comes to that.
 
Save yourself a few bucks, and just crank it tight till you feel its enough. Never needed a torque wrench for that. Its not like your rebuilding an engine. Just remember too tight is broke.
 
You must be something. Didn't you have any childhood experience learning to work on cars, or whatever machinery you had around? We were into everything as youngsters from mini bikes to making go carts with engines that had no business being in them. I graduated to old vw beetles, and jeeps that were left rotting in fields here. Those old beetles were fun to get running, rebuilding those 36 hp engines, and seeing how many days it'd run before it'd blow up. You learn how to get better rebuilding those each time. Heck, I was fresh out of tech school at 18, and built my first 1/4 mile drag car that did pretty well until I went back to racing motocross, which was a far bigger challenge when you've been out of the sport a couple years.
 
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Got these over the weekend to change the IO drip hose that keeps the gear oil topped off on the out drive of my searay ! Frekkin game changer and it only took 3 hours to change an 11 inch hose and 2 clamps saved 1600 bucks from the boatyard,! :)Screenshot_20251105-125115.webp
 
I recently bought a husky rolling 9 drawer rolling tool cabinet bench to replace an old worn out chinese one that seen its day. This husky one isn't bad for the cost...I'd say for being asian made, it's just as good as my other larger u.s. built crapsman for a lot less money.
 
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