I bought my Snap-on metric tools when I was a Toyota line mechanic in 1970. They hired me to do oil changes, but a month after I was there they moved to line mechanic. I had grown up working on cars and could do most of the stuff the other guys were doing. I was changing heads. 2 a day.
When the economy crashes you should come work on some projects.
I dont think i would want to wrench for a living. Its been a hobby since i was a kid but i think it would take my excitement away to have to do it.
I got a rental that is likely to open up. Its cheap
Same thing with what i do, if i never saw a tractor again id be ok with that
That goes for any trade but yes. I also like things done right and not rushed.
It did get boring. Toyota had a problem with valves. I was changing two heads a day every day. Then they sent me to transmission school, where I was lost. Theirs were nothing like the Chevy and Ford ones I had worked on. We got one in that even the zone mechanic could not figure out. I quit and took a job as a gas station mechanic close to home. The Toyota job was 120 miles round trip on the interstate through downtown KC.
Doing good, beautiful day here only 77 degrees for a high.
