Being mechanically declined, does anyone know of school like this that will take a vehicle, use it as a guinea pig, redo it and only charge you for the labor?

Not looking for a show winner, but something decent to be redone.

Thank you in advance.

 

Depends on where you live. Their are some schools that do that around Nebraska, but not sure what it takes. Never looked into it.

 

check with your local highschool

 

I have checked into the local Vocational High schools to have work done.

They only want newer vehicles, no rust buckets..

My son checked about having work done on his 77 F250 and they didn't want to touch it.

They are teaching the kids skills to get themselves a job with, so they feel they will be working on newer cars not junkers.

It is a good deal if you can get your car/truck in.

They usually only charge for parts no labor..

You really have to get on the list early in the school year, like now.

If you wait till next year they may be full and then the school year ends.

 

Also check your community college.

Some have evening auto shop classes.

Wouldn't hurt to ask.

 

Hey thank you for the replies. My high school no longer has an automotive area, and the national tech schools dont want it either. Never thought about them not wanting to touch an older vehicle. However, it is a diesel and motors are basically untouched save for the electreonics, imo.

Up here, liability is the big thing. Guess thats the way of the world with everybody suing everybody, so the guinea pigs ain't worth the risk.

But thanks again. Stay well.

 

A lot of high schools and Community Colleges belong to an organization called Skills USA. (SkillsUSA.org)

Many schools have "clubs" specific to their trades. The CC I attend has auto, Carpentry, Welding, Electronics, etc. We do a ton of projects outside of the classroom.

That's a non paid advertisement for Skills I reckon, but if you take the link below (may need to cut and paste it) it will give you your States director contact info. You can get in touch with them to see if any schools in your state have programs that can help with your vehicle. I'm not sure how much outside business our auto guys take in outside of their own vehicles, but it's worth a shot to see if mayhaps any of your schools are involved in Skills and if that is an option for you.

http://skillsusa.org/about/dir4.shtml

Rich