Does your car DIY hobby creep into other aspects of your life ?
 

I was removing the oven knobs for cleaning.
They were really stuck on tight!

When I removed them, I noticed some rust inside the sleeve.
So, I applied some anti-seize before reinstalling.

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Yes - while I've spent @$250K (est) over the course of my life, the skills that come with it prolly saved me almost as much........

good practice is good practice, measure twice, cut once, that sort of thing

Totally! I know how to fix things. At least, I have a nice collection of hammers and know when to use each one.

I'm a mechanical engineer. DIY is my life...

I use brake cleaner to degrease our vent hood over the cooktop.

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Who here hasn't used the dishwasher as a parts cleaner?

And seam sealer works amazingly well for tacking artwork on the wall.

There isn't much I won't tackle myself. If something is broken I figure I can't break it more so I'll dig into it.

Car DIY has made my life

knowledge learnt from working on my own $100 wrecks still helps me when I work on the design of multi $million super cars and race cars

That's how my last washer became a fire barrel.


Op need to step up to the tub of anti seize.

Yeah, I am handy.


'' If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. ''

It amazes me how many um, ''People'' are not.

My dishwasher hasn't worked since I bought the place in '96.

I hand wash my dishes.....helps clean my filthy hands from all the wrenching! :D

Ditto, aerospace here. Amazing how many engineers haven’t ever gotten their hands dirty. The best engineers are always the ones with hands on experience.

+1 on that.
I worked in a lab with Phd and advanced degreed engineers and metallurgists. Some of them couldn't change a tire. I was the go-to trouble shooter.
One guy was having trouble getting his car started and called me. I told him to pour a little gas in the carburetor to diagnose whether it was fuel or ignition problem. He called back and said now the engine won't even crank over. "As soon as I put the gas in, it wouldn't turn anymore!" I asked how much gas he poured in it. "About a quart." :eek::eek:


edit: I forgot to include that this guy had a Phd in Materials Engineering and the car was a little 1st generation Honda civic.

The words: "call a service man" or "let's take it in for service" = ice pick to my skull. DIY is my life! I do my research, plan accordingly, buy what I need, and implement. However, I know my limits; above anything, I hate to start I project I can't/won't finish...that's when I'll call a "professional".

I am the GM where I work, fairly large factory. People are shocked to see me welding, using the milling machine and surface grinders on the weekend...

"The devil is in the details" :D

A real DIY pro would have soaked them in something like EvapoRust before applying anti-seize and reinstalling them.

I cut it twice and it's still too short!