With Wrenches or a credit card?

wrenches.....

a pair of plyers and a rusty old screwdriver..... and a few thousand other tools.

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Wrenches...

Grease under my nails, dirt in my eyes and oil in my hair. (They HATE to see me coming at the Wal-Mart Auto Center!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif)


Nope! - have done all but the first oil change, Line-X, first mount of the bed cap, some reflashes and my one tire replacement myself - including the installation of the Amsoil dual remote, Isspro gauges, Magnaflow muffler, TTT mirrors, Slide Systems tool box, Edge Attitude (with second pyro in the driver's manifold), Hidden Hitch front receiver and my aux tank.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Big Smile.gif

Full equipped shop, Bend Pak 10,000 lift, heated floor, cooled room, air tools, etc. And an occasional GMC tech who likes to come to my shop to work for side $ when I can't solve it (not often, with the help of all the great people on this page) Old age and a lifetime of hardwork and investing has a few advantages.

Wrenches!

Wrenches, unless it is major and still under warranty. 2K more and it will be all wrenches.

28 x 30 Insulated, heated and cooled garage year round with 9 foot plus ceilings. Air tools, hoists, jacks and what ever you need. Current project is pulling engine and transaxle out of a Toyota Tercel (son's first car) with a blown engine (oil leaked out and spun a rod after 160,000 miles). I have a low mileage bone yard engine to replace it with already. Edited by: snoman

Wrenches, elbow grease, and curse words.

Wrenches unless it's too complicated.


If I don't draw blood, I didn't do the job right.


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wrenches or warranty

Wrenches and firstaid kit...

credit card......


Time is money...

So far, warranty and wrenches, but the Alli will get the Card. Edited by: WanaDmxsub

Shade Tree Style...What's the worst that can happen? http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Ermm.gif

First the card then the wrenches, and if that does not work then the card again.

Wrenches then the czrd.

Wrenches so far!

Full equipped shop, Bend Pak 10,000 lift, heated floor, cooled room, air tools, etc. And an occasional GMC tech who likes to come to my shop to work for side $ when I can't solve it (not often, with the help of all the great people on this page) Old age and a lifetime of hardwork and investing has a few advantages.


Man! I'm green with envy. All of my work has been done "on the road" in unheated one-car garages and in driveways at various rentals across the country (well, except for the final plumbing and wiring hookup on the aux tank - after doing the basic install of the tank in a cramped unheated "stall" in Manitowoc, I drove a couple hours over to Kennedy's heated shop to complete the process - it was December in Wisconsin - Thanks, JK!)

Wrenches! I don't even like taking my vehicles back to the dealer for warranty work, but will if it involves replacing parts... I will even break down my own tires so I don't have to see the kid at the tire store!


Sure was good to have the master diesel mechanic as your father. Taught me a thing or two or three......

If all else fails get the Blue-Tip Wrench out!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif

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Wrenches . . . .


Warranty work will be done in the factory & tires are at discout tires. All other mods & normal maintainance done by me so far.


IF I can do it myself, I will. Seems like every time I take a vehicle to a shop, I have to either "fix" the mechanics work, or complete the work myself. Ex: The last xmsn I had worked on, I had to tighten the pan, drain plug, & a return line to stop the leaks. I live too far away from town to keep going back for bad service!


30 X 40 shop, air tools & 3 ton hoist. I can do almost anything I need to!


But I have to admit, I have done my last engine or xmsn R&R. A bad back will do that for you.


PDS

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You'd be suprised how long you can run a tractor in the field that is fixed with balin wire and some tape.

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wrenches, bloody knuckles, and driveway gravel in my back.. unless it needs a lift then plastic..

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You'd be suprised how long you can run a tractor in the field that is fixed with balin wire and some tape.[/QUOTE]

Montana Native. Had to do some tricks on tractors at my uncles ranch.

OK! I guess I don't have this quote thing down. Sorry!

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So far I've done all the maintenance stuff myself.
- Air filter changes
- Oil changes
- Transmission fluid flush/fill
- Differential lube drain & fill
- Fuel filter add-ons & changes
- Pyrometer probe (EGT) installation

The truck did go back to the dealer for the free 1,000 mile check... all 10 minutes of it.
If it comes down with injector problems, or other problems that I'd have to guess about, then I would feel compelled to hand it over to an axpert. My best guess about a local Duramax or Allison expert is to drive it to the dealer I bought it from.

Like gartnerteam, old age ,investments. Now have garage with lift and tools too. Do most everything myself except for warrenty work.

You guys should be highly praised for tackling this work on your own, its the guys that do there own work that usually have the better maintained vehicles. I just hope that a few of you out there still use plastic to keep guys like me using wrencheshttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Embarrased.gifhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif

Card for the parts, wrenches for the install

Wrenches, so far no warranty work needed. I have a garage, but my truck won't fit in there(can't stand to leave the scooter outside anywayhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Embarrased.gif). 50 miles to the shop at the farm, so I'm usually on the gravel drive or grass in the yard. I was going to build a shop at the house, but we have already outgrown this house. I guess the shop can wait a couple more years.

Wrenches and firstaid kit, money, money, money and of course pray.

You guys should be highly praised for tackling this work on your own, its the guys that do there own work that usually have the better maintained vehicles. I just hope that a few of you out there still use plastic to keep guys like me using wrencheshttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Embarrased.gifhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif


Don't worry Eric, the big stuff (i.e., SC III) will still be done by a pro.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Big Smile.gif


Dennis

GM (and Ford, Dodge) keep reinventing the wheel with new things that most of us can't even hope to keep up on even if we were mechanics (what you "techs" were called in the old days before they gave you new jumpsuits each day, and cut down your piece of the labor pie due to other "overheads"http://dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Clap.gif We will always need knowledgeable techs and I for one have no problem paying you what you are worth. In fact, I have considered ( and still considering) helping (ie - financing) a tech like Patrick to set up his own shop as more and more of these late model trucks come off warranty. There is going to be a lot of work for knowledgeable techs. Trouble is, there are too many techs that are not knowledgeable and worse, dealers who just want to sell vehicles and don't give a damn about having knowledgeable techs.http://dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Ermm.gif

I'm still looking for a good diesel technician here in the San Diego/Chula Vista area. So as it stands I'm doing all the wrenching and feeding the $$ to dmaxallitech and others for parts which reminds me I need to order some more goodies for my truck.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Rock On.gif

Brain first.


Air tools and wrenches or plastic next, depending on complexity and required tools.


(I no longer rebuild engines and transmissions. . . too hard on the back.)

I bought a new truck so I wouldn't have to work on it... yeah right that worked! Only warranty work done at dealer so far, all else done on my own.


The only essential tools are screwdrivers, vice-grips, and a hammer... the hammer only if the vice-grips aren't heavy enough!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif

big freaking screwdriver, vice grips and a cheater bar will fix anything

Well, alittle of both. Except for the Banks exhaust and fifth wheel,it has been wrenches; Nictane, AFE, Oil-Bypass and pre-luber, airbags, shocks, tuner, rotations, oil changes, etc. Got to make the investment of a 30X 40 finished shop, heated, air, tools, lift, and beer refer http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif worthit!!

I will let the dealer do anyting that warranty will fix, or attempt to fix, but 9600 miles and it has never seen the dealer shop yet....http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Approve.gif

Wrenches, well unless i ever get rich enough to pay for it. I hope to be the old cady owner. I want an Esclade with a d/max and I will go into the dealer walk all over the advisor and Mgr. take the tech out to lunch and give him a tip for doing a good job...$5 bucks goes a long way....I wrenching and love it I am not under the wip of the dealer and love it more just wish I could smell the diesel more. not seeing very many to work on. Still looking for a shop and all in all its good.

wrenches for easy stuff or warranty for stuff I wouldn't normally fix, and Eric will be saved for the really important stuff. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Big Smile.gif





Patrick, find a backer and start your own place. If you're good, people will beat a path to your door. You'll be more tired and overworked but YOU will be running your butt into the ground and not some other smuck. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Approve.gif

With Beer.

Tools!


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Tools!!


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Tools!!!


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Oh yeah. And lots of beverages.


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You must have to park your truck outside with all of those goodies in there.

Sometimes Wrenches ... Sometimes Warrenty ... Somtimes Card ... depends on the deal I guess. Just bought a Magnaflow exhaust and installed for $750 Cnd or $525 US. Sounded like a fair deal to me.

Always pay cash for parts, wrench myself. Truck has not been back to dealer since June of '01 and that was a warranty deal on cross threaded injector pump.


I was always taught by my Pops, Look at ROI. Better to go buy the tool and do the work yourself, this way when all done, you now have a tool forever and you can never have enough tools.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Big Smile.gif