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Type of Wrenching: Good Ol Shady Tree

 

What: Subarus new and old, and any other car you throw in front of me

 

How long doing it: 8 years or so

 

Other skills: Worked at the Subaru factory Doing Paintless Dent repair, certified welder, pretty much a "Jack of all trade Master of none"

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Type: Professional, Shadetree, and Maint.

 

What: all makes and models, but mainly aircooled VW's, GM, and Subaru

 

How Long: been turning wrenches for about 17 years or so, professionally has been about 5.

 

other: welding, metal fab, electrical, body/paint/interior, etc. basically anything that has to do with a car i can build or fix.

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Type of Wrenching: Maintenance Machinists, Millright, Shadetree, Farm Equipment Maintenance, Subaru dealership

What Subaru and Tractors

How long doing it: 12 years

Other skills: Certified Mig Stick Tig welder, Gunsmithing, CNC programmer

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Type of Wrenching: Professional A&P mechanic for over 11 years, Automotive Shadetree, Automotive, robotics and Aviation Maintenance.

What: Mustangs, Mopars, Honda (car + ATV), Harley/Buell, Kawasaki, Citation Jets, Bell Helicopters, FANUC+Custom robotics..

How long doing it: 17 Yrs.

Other skills: I have been involved in aviation, maintenance and engineering for 14 yrs. I have done everything from rebuild a briggs, hot section on a P&W 535 to design and build a automated robotic assembly line... Currently I am attending school full time and preparing for law school.

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Type of Wrenching: Profesional, Import and domestic. A couple of stealerships, and a couple of independants. Now work out of my garage on what I feel like I can work on....95% of it being suby.

 

What: Subaru's and evrything else when I was in I & D shops. But I am partial to/own suby, GM and honda. I hate FORD and Euro cars (well Euro cars to work on any way... owning and driving them is fun) Chrysler is in the middle for me.

 

How long doing it: 11 years

 

Other skills: Welding, Teaching (currently in school to get my automotive teaching cert so I can teach high school shop) Hot rodding, motorcycles.

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Type of Wrenching: Shadetree

What: Old school subarus, and 80s camaros/firebirds

How long doing it: 10 years

Other skills: I started taking apart bicycles and putting them back together when i was a little kid. If it had wheels i wanted to make it better (or with cars...faster lol). Ive always been interested in how things work and actually worked as a bicycle mechanic for a year or so.

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Type of wrenching: Shadetree and maintenance

On what: mostly aircooled vw's, few subarus, old chevy's

How long: Since I got my first car 5 years ago

Other: Before autos, I had a big interest in rc cars(still do) I loved learning how they work. I have been going to school for auto for two years now and hoping to get ASE certified soon.

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Type: Shadetree

On what: small engine to Subaru, cut my teeth on an EA82, favorite is a '96 Impreza

How Long: 21 years

Other Skills: Electrical Engineering, Emergency Medical Technician, electronics repair, roofing, window installation, basic plumbing, amateur arborist, currently I'm in school full time to be a Paramedic

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Type - Formerly professional, now shadetree

What - Just about everything on 4 wheels

How long - professional 5 years, shadetree 12

Currently employed as a metal fabricator/mechanic. Over the years I've worked on many things auto related, restored a couple vintage cars (USA and Japanese), modified a few including engine/drivetrain swaps, worked in a bodyshop through high school and college - got real good at rust and light collision repair, refinishing/blending, didn't get to learn any framework though. Always wanted to try my hand at custom interior work but haven't yet. Also dabbled in carpentry, plumbing/electrical - wasn't for me but I learned enough to do my own house projects.:rolleyes:

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Type of Wrenching: Professional, Shadetree, Maintenance (all)

How long doing it: 2 shadetree 4 professional

Other skills: Anything else you do. U.S. ARMY (reserves now) FULL service all aspect Mechanic at Konic Technology worked for penski reality on a masking crew (wreck and rebuild) use to be a bicycle tech in enumclaw

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Started as a shade tree

wrenched on loyales and leagacy's

got a little more serious and built two jeeps

got into motorcycles built several cafe racers

went to school for ducati, bmw,and triumph

wrenched at a duc dealer for a while

now work at an awesome mom and pop car dealer that is getting into custom bikes and eventualy general motorcycle repair

All in all been wrenching since I was ten

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Started as a shade tree

wrenched on loyales and leagacy's

got a little more serious and built two jeeps

got into motorcycles built several cafe racers

went to school for ducati, bmw,and triumph

wrenched at a duc dealer for a while

now work at an awesome mom and pop car dealer that is getting into custom bikes and eventualy general motorcycle repair

All in all been wrenching since I was ten

 

neato! I've gone through a couple old Norton Commandos. old british bikes rule!

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Type-shadetree, maintenance

What-'95 Legacy & '01 Forester, little volvo & US brands

How long-15+ years shadetree

Other skills: BS in mechanical engineering, welding MIG & TIG including non-ferrous and titanium, welding inspection, enough electrical to be dangerous, fixin other stuff

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What I'm under now is by far one of the most daunting tasks I have ever assembled. Pretty straight-forward, a longstory, but here's how it goes; I bought a 99 Impreza RS in Canada as a repairable. I was told all I needed to do was replace the blown motor in it and head off into the sunset. The motor I pulled out was a phase two 2.2 and the first thing I did was find a 2.2 at the local PICK-N-PULL. A 2.2 is a 2.2, aright? Wrong 2.2, fact is, that first motor I pulled was a 1.8. I still have it. Fast forward thru a crank regrind and several months looking for a 99-02 2.2. I ended up putting in a SOHC 2.5 and it runs, but not so good, not good idle, throttle lags, etc, but it runs! All the while that first 2.2 is getting a short block and ready to be installled in the right chassis. One appears in the not too far sdistance and I haul it back to my buudies house ehere I do the swap. 2000 shortblock w/99 heads under a 2001 intake. Should work? Wrong! $400 worth of analysising later the ecu is the culprit. Why should shattering of the #2 piston be a cause for the ecu to rendered inoperable? Nevermind, I find an 99 Legacy 5-speed ecu at a local yard and the mechanics install it and i runs barely (8 malfunction codes). I'm thinkin' the ecu in the RS might be a better fit. Incidently, I ran the VIN of the RS and it turns out to be an Impreza L with RS stickers, oh well. At least I know. It runs the 2.2 about as well as it ran the 2.5, but it ran. The ecu in the RS is a B1 and ecu in the 2001 impreza L is a B3. I picked up a B3 at alocal yard to replace the one we thought was bad but it just did the same no-start bull************ as the original. What I'm wondering is are the 99 injectors sending a no-start signal to the B3 but not to the B1? I feel like I'm under the MAF/MAP switch that made the pre-99 and post -99 2.2s so incompatable. Help is what I need and sympathy, because I sworn off alcohol. What should I do next. That B3 has to go back, because it's no better than the original. Ask them for a B1, so both my Impreza run like ************ instead of stink?

 

Anyway, that's whyI'm here in the first place, to sort this thread out and I'll be fanged if I will have any pece until I do!

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Type of Wrenching: Bloody knuckles in the dirt driveway at mignight

What: Subarus, Jeep CJ, Nissan 240SX, dirtbikes (just my stuff)

How long doing it: 5 years (been sucking at it for all 5)

Other skills: Tile setter by trade, was certified fitness trainer, hoping to keep busy long enough to get an education - currently going to school to be a nirse (~2.5 years left).

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Type of Wrenching: Shadetree, Maintenance, Professionally

What: If it has 4 wheels and you drive it down the street, I probably will work on it.

How long doing it: 17 years total, 8 years professionally

Other skills: GM certified Body Technician, BASF certified auto painter, ASE certified (Steering and Suspension, Brakes, and Electrical), AA in Auto Tech, Welding (Mig, Arc, Oxy)

 

I'm the NASIOC NWIC Alignment Specialist. Done roughly 1000 member's cars since I moved to Washington in '07. I also used to have my own shop in Laramie that I would do side work for people. In highschool I used to restore old Schwinn bikes from the 50s, 60s and 70s. I built electric powered race cars in highschool as well.

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Type of Wrenching: Complete engine rebuilds (SBC GM), head gaskets, motor swaps Subaru, no job too big!

What: Mostly 68 & 69 Camaros for fun, Subaru's to keep em going

How Long: 24 Years (Dad got me started at 15 father son project 68 Camaro)

Other Skills: Complete restoration on a 68 and a 69 Camaro. Engine swaps (on Subarus) Some sheet metal fabrication, and body replacement work.

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  • Type of Wrenching: Started Helping my Dad since I Can Remember, he is Professional, Now I'm "Semi Professional" :) Mainly on Old School Cars, Almost all Japanese and American Muscle Cars... Now Working "Shade Tree" almost Every Weekend due to my Job.

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  • How long doing it: Started very Young, I Remember my First Valve Adjustment Job was in 1984, also Brakes Pump Change, etc...

    1985 was my First Year with Subarus, when my Dad Purchased the EA82 Wagon that Now is my Everyday Warrior. so More than 25 Years of Experience Now. I've Done Complete Engines Rebuilt (includin' Diesel ones, which I Don't Like) and Lots of Swaps... My First Swap was the Disc Brakes Setup on my 1969 Mercury Comet, (which can be seen here) Also: I Paid all my University Studies Fixing Cars! ... :banana: ...


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  • Other skills: Ebanist, Woodcraft, I Build Wooden Custom Speakers Enclosures and Wooden Parts for Cars' interiors, like Wooden Dashboards and wooden Frame Adapers for Stereos, (which can be Seen Here) Also I'm Electrician and do Plumbing Works on Houses and I'm Musician, I Play Piano & Keyboards. (can be Seen Here, on post 59) Also other many things... except Sports...

Kind Regards.

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Type of Wrenching: (Professional, Shadetree, Maintenance).

professional, helicopter and airplanes, 4 years bell 206b3, R44, COMPAIR 8, KAMAN KMAX K1200, Cessna,

shadetree, (subaru 1969-2005) since 1992 , FORD 6.0 and 6.4 powerstroke,

 

Other skills: like to weld(suck at it) and drive.

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