just about to graduate for diesel mechanics to work on 18 wheelers. i already know a load of junk about gasoline engines

 

Heavy mechanic . forest and construction equipment.. John deere mostly...some cat.

 

who ever said customers pulling scams said the honist truth, i see it every day , had 1 yesterday! comes in my air bags went off by them selfs, 13000 miles on the clock, they had already called the manufactor and raised a complait, bring the car in right front tire worn more then the others, under car bent frame, pull the codes and find crash information stored, call the tech center they send a man with a lap top pulls the crash info, we find she was doing 60 when a 5g hit was recorded, the rim and tire where used.
we find out daughter just got her licence and was lieing to her perents about what happened. they did not like it but tough we do in some cases have a black box to help us. seems imm auto owners are trying to get as much as possible for FREE by simplily making a lot of noise

 

been turning wrenches sines 1980. started in a detroit(Amarillo) dealers ship, migrated to the oil field till the bust in 86, moved to south texas for several yrs, if i'm gonna be broke i'm gonna at least be able to catch a fish.worked at road contstruction places keeping the equipment up. build a d-9 dozer from bumper to bumper. run with seal coat crews and asphault crews. job played out, moved to tx coast, worked cranes and related equipment.now offshore baby sitting platforms(14/14 rotation). fishing has improved.

 

I've been professionally employed as a mechanic for 25 years now most of it in motorcycles.

 

industrial maintenance repair..(printing presses)and everything else in the building

 

In about 3 months I'll be starting my 30th year of turning wrenches for a living. Over this time I've worked in auto dealerships, truck dealerships, truck fleets, and for the last 15 years at an agri/industrial equipment dealer (New Holland...formerly Ford/New Holland). I'm currently the Service Manager (for the second time...) but still get "hands on" from time to time...usually with the jobs that my guys can't figure out. I'd much rather just be doing the wrenching without the headaches of being "the boss" but the job basically was just dropped in my lap (no one else could be found to take it)

During this almost 30-year period, I've also done a full restoration on a Ford 8N tractor (love those old Fords!), built uncounted engines, crewed on local stock cars, built and raced my own stock car, and gained some experience in the paint and bodywork area. I suppose at some time during my career I've had at least some small experience in virtually every aspect of things automotive.

Now if I could just figure out how to make a decent living doing restorations or building race cars or something of that nature...

 

Natural Gas engine and compressor mechanic usually nothing smaller than 500 hp. Primarily offshore but do some land work. Most work is for major oil companies but from time to time we work for some of the independants.

Wrench on Harleys for extra money on off days. Do all my own engine and transmission work, except for machine work.

Try to stay away form automotive mechanics, but do all my own maintenance on my PSD, and wifes Huyndai.

Ryan