how do u guys know so much about these cars. ive been reading these forums for a while but still dont know so much. is there some kind of site or book?

well we usually guess! just kidding some guys are mechanics some just love to crank a wrench and some learn by their mistake's! some ask question and some just listen.i suggest if you own a chev or any csar you own is go out and buy the HAYNES manual for that specific vehicle loads of good advice in there for the do it yourself type of guy! any questions feel free to ask the boys here are very good.

I have never owned any kind of manual for any vehicle i have ever owned. I am not saying to not buy one though. My dad was a hands on kind of guy and very mechanically inclined. Some of the stuff i know from expierence from having to have to do it , other stuff i know from having seen it being done. Reading will help you learn , but nothing makes you remember how to do it correctly better than having done it your self. Here is a little story for ya. I was 21 years old , had never touched a carburator never mind fuel injection of any kind. My 88 full size jimmy with the 5.7 in it developed a leaky injector in the TB. I removed the TB , plopped it down on some newspaper on my parents kitchen table and went to town disassembling it slowly keeping all the parts seperate. I took the new parts from the kit and compared them with the old ones and just reversed the order to put it back together and when i was done i only had 3 extra screws and one gasket left over. Just kidding :biggrin: The truck ran great for the next 10 years till my brother tore out the motor to put in one with a few more pony's.

Well it all started at the age of 3 when I got my first Tonka trucks and continued with my first car at 12.
Hot rodding in high school, tech school and 23 years of working at dealers ( 1 year Dodge and 22 with GM)
And after all that, I still learn something new everyday

how do u guys know so much about these cars. ive been reading these forums for a while but still dont know so much. is there some kind of site or book?

Greetings 3Kgt95,

Message boards like this are great because combined knowledge is always better than just a specific. I'm neither a racer or a stoplight streaker - yet their experience can make a standard street vehicle more efficient. I learn a lot from those who wrench, wreck, and resurrect.

White Lightening

how do u guys know so much about these cars. ive been reading these forums for a while but still dont know so much. is there some kind of site or book?


I think most people are like me that they refuse to pay out of control prices for mech work.

Also if you like to modifing your car and paying someone to do is to me kind of dumb. Why drive around something that some else did.

Yes there is a certain point like painting your car or putting in a super charger. Okay I understand that but replacing the fluids and stuff come on..

The world is changing. People are getting lazy and stupid.
My Point:

There is a guy at work that had a flat and had to wait three hours to have his tire changed. He waste three hours of his life because
1. He refuse to get dirty.
2. Changing a tire is below him

I laughed at him when he told me that.

What the board are good for is if you get stuck on trying to do something. Boards are priceless for that.

Skipr showed me a website called www.AllData.Com that really rocks.

Check it out.

I always try my best to help someone in need.

Gschretter Quote "People are gettng lazy and stupid" Getting? No they are there! I have always been a strong beleiver in on hands training. You will learn more in two months than you would with 2 years of book (college, tech school) training. Just listen with your ears and not with your mouth, the Older the person the more real life knowledge you get. This is esspiecally true with dentist. I have another motto (i guest you would say) " I refuse to let a piece of machinery out smart me". This can get alittle physcotic at times because if i'm really stumped, I start to focus all my thought on the problem at hand. Wont sleep, get pissed, put off other priorties. And it could be something totally lame like a friends project that I got involved in for fun.But never say never. Anyways, has Alldata helped you gschretter? You know thats just the whole 4000 page OEM service manual in electronic form.And also I added the 2001 5.3 1500 Vin "T" to my suscription list, so use both if you need them. Oh and you are keeping my account and log on confidential Right?

Gschretter Quote "People are gettng lazy and stupid" Getting? No they are there! I have always been a strong beleiver in on hands training. You will learn more in two months than you would with 2 years of book (college, tech school) training. Just listen with your ears and not with your mouth, the Older the person the more real life knowledge you get. This is esspiecally true with dentist. I have another motto (i guest you would say) " I refuse to let a piece of machinery out smart me". This can get alittle physcotic at times because if i'm really stumped, I start to focus all my thought on the problem at hand. Wont sleep, get pissed, put off other priorties. And it could be something totally lame like a friends project that I got involved in for fun.But never say never. Anyways, has Alldata helped you gschretter? You know thats just the whole 4000 page OEM service manual in electronic form.And also I added the 2001 5.3 1500 Vin "T" to my suscription list, so use both if you need them. Oh and you are keeping my account and log on confidential Right?

1. I have my own account on AllData. I have two cars on there. 00 Chevy 5.7 and my wife's 99 Ford Windstar.

2. AllData saved me over $2,500 fixing the never ending problem with the 99 ford windstar codes p174 and p171 lean problem.

3. Also found the problem with my 4Le80 dropping out of 4th overdrive for no reason. Computer does this for heavy loads. I fixed the problem.

If you think I am passing out your login and password you could change your password?

But no I have not sent out you password for login name, I just believe in giving credit to people that help me.

Since you pointed me to the alldata I did not have to buy the HELM manuals for these vehciles. Saved my big $$$$.

1. I have my own account on AllData. I have two cars on there. 00 Chevy 5.7 and my wife's 99 Ford Windstar.

2. AllData saved me over $2,500 fixing the never ending problem with the 99 ford windstar codes p174 and p171 lean problem.

3. Also found the problem with my 4Le80 dropping out of 4th overdrive for no reason. Computer does this for heavy loads. I fixed the problem.

If you think I am passing out your login and password you could change your password?

But no I have not sent out you password for login name, I just believe in giving credit to people that help me.

Since you pointed me to the alldata I did not have to buy the HELM manuals for these vehciles. Saved my big $$$$.

No! I didn't think that at all, just a friendly reminder, I shouldn't have even metioned that part. I have 2 other people in this forum I trusted with my info, I would not have given out if I had the slightest thought of putting my info in jepordy.I appreicate the credit, I'm just glad you benefited from the info (even though it's a pay service). It's alot better than the people who u help and never hear from again.But I'm not here to be loved by all, I like helping DIYer's, I gives me a good feeling that 1 more Dollar was taken out of the dealers deep pockets and knowledge was gained by another.

AMEN in keeping the money away from the dealership or what I heard it called the stealership.

I'm like kenny-1907, I never owned a manual for any vehicle I have had until I bought the wife's Venture. Then I broke down and bought both one for her van and one for my pickups. I never look at the pickup's though. I figure If I can get it apart I can get it back together. And if I can't maybe I shouldn't have messed with the damn thing....Like intake gaskets on the Venture!

i personally find peace when i work on cars or bikes. Some people go to the closest BnB to rest but i just climb under the car. As far as manuals go i hate working on somthing without it. Just in case i want somthing to look at in case i get lost or just so i don't make mystakes. Ever tare apart a set of rear drum brakes and forget exactly waare all the springs go? Drum brakes are my unicorn, no matter how many sets of them i have done i always end up cussing, my photographic memory justfails me and i blank them out go figure...jj

I'm by no means smart, nor do I know as much as some, but I usually figure things out by either having the same problem happen to me, trying to fix things myself, or either just asking questions. Never be scared to ask questions.

I myself, dident know dick about cars until I bought this truck. I could care less, my old car i never fixed anything because it wasent worth it. But now that I have something Ive always wanted, I take care if it, do all fluid changes, mods, fixes myself. Most of the stuff I know, I learned from this site or from friends. My dad is a little old school and dosent know too much about these newer trucks, he has a 2002 silverado which is great because we basicly have identical vehicals. So I can help him with his truck.

Im slowley learning more and more about these trucks, and their is no better way than hearing other peoples experienceand hands on experience.

I'm by no means smart, nor do I know as much as some, but I usually figure things out by either having the same problem happen to me, trying to fix things myself, or either just asking questions. Never be scared to ask questions. ditto on the questions, if somebody ever tells you your asking to many questions, walk away...jj

Ex Tech And Spent Two Years In School Then Became A Master Tech Work On Toy.niss. And I Don't Trust Any Shops After Work In Them It Just Cost Too Much Now I Work On Polce Car Electrial Specializeing Mobile Cameras I Don't Replace The Equipment I Repair Due Too The Cost Of The Units That Means I Do Board Work Find The Bad Ic And Replace Them

Some folks can learn by reading, A few can learn by observation, the rest have to pee on the electric fence. Mark Twain

Trial and error, and living in the same state as some of the fastest 99+ silverado's in the U.S.

Im only alomost 21 and I spend time reading hayns and chiltons manual just mainly to learn how automotive systems operate and how they are wired (with all the new electronics in modern vehicles, it can get very confusing). Im always looking at how newer vehicles are wired and what types of electronic control systems have been added. Im always asking questions and watching older mechanics that have been in the business for years to see how it is done. I also expirement on everything I can get my hands on. (hey, sometimes you just have to find out for your self.) I have just recently discovered this online forum that is absolutly awsome expecially being able to find a group of people that spacificly own and have worked on a spacific vehicle.