Yeah the job assistance from UTI is a joke from what I've heard. I went to the one in phoenix I figured if after the two years or so there if I didn't want to be a mechanic atleast i already have all my elective credits for college. I have an asociates degree in automotive sciences what ever that means.

 

Dave, my debt is only $8k, I busted my **** studying in high school so I can get a scholarship in college, and then I busted my **** working in college to cover the rest of the tuition. Honestly, with my life style, if I had found a decent job right after I graduated in December, I'd have paid off that debt in just a few weeks from now... I did a nice internship, got lots of hands-on experience this way, the dirty greasy long hours come on Sunday kind of experience - if the company wasn't laying off about everyone, I'd have been happily employed next day after last day of finals. Oh well.

 

This is not meant to discredit you George so don't get your bikini in a wad! (Sorry just had to)

It means you went to school, not that you learned anything ...

I really hate this certificate craze the world is on, just because one has a certificate that does not mean one knows what they are doing.

I get really peeved when prospective employees show up with a brief case full of degrees and certificates and I give them a simple problem and they don't have a clue as to were to start diagnosing it.

When one can get just about any certificate printed ... What good are they.

On the UTI front, We didn't finance so we didn't have any issues there.

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

Yeah thats basicly what I was say'n about the certificates.

 

i paid 2700 for the truck swap in a dana out of one of my part trucks and 30 bucks on wax lol its shiney lol

 

Good deal Joe.

Now that you have a good truck, take care of it and thrash the Panzer instead.

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

I'm sorry to say that I was a UTI graduate (Auto & Diesel). I don't even bother to put it on my resume because it doesn't mean much.
They rush the students through school and really don't break into anything you really need to become a successful mechanic in either field. i learned more working in a truck shop with knowledgeable mechanics in 2 months than I did in 2 years at UTI.

I remember spending 6 weeks in a fuel and ignition system driveability class. In that 6 weeks, one day was spent covering carburetion and early fuel systems. Classroom theory, no hands on. When I asked about this, I was told:
"carbs are dinosaurs and you won't be seeing them much". My first real job out of school and the majority of my work was carburetors and driveability. I didn't have a clue other than the tinkering I had done on my own stuff. My boss had went to the local college and took an entire semester on nothing but. And he said they made sure that the different circuits were understood.
I've found that most of my schooling was much of the same. It wasn't for lack of paying attention and trying to learn.

As for the tools, I started out with less than a grand with a set of Craftsman and a cheap box. As my pay and experience has gone up, so has my tool bill. Nowadays, I spend between 5-10K a year and write every bit of it off come tax time.
Jason

 

Yup they told us the same thin also said if you work at a dealership you will need nothing but metric tools, yeah right. The only thing i got from that place that is worth something is my 609 and my ford credintials. I remeber their recruter dush telling me you would be makeing 20 bucks an hour right out of school I still don't make that much.

 

igoing to turn the pazer in to a diesel rock crawler full exocage and shortin the bed to all but 1 foot

 

Wher are you guna put the rear axle if the bed s only a foot long?

 

aim going to move it up to shorting the wheel base

 

Right I was just thinking with one foot of bed the axle wouldbe siting under the rear door.

 

ya planed it that way get a high pinon cv joint short drive shaftt less thign it can get hung up on

 

It should be a pretty cool rig.

 

As Yogi Berra once said "It's like deja vu all over again"