There is no reason to try to help this fool..... he is hopeless..... just point and lol at him

 

I agree in total with what you've written but, (here comes the qualifier), one also has to help themselves and do so with intelligence. Reading someone's whinnings (sp?) in previous posts about the difficulty of working on an XJ and all the special tools required does get old and can easily put people off. I am not inditing, judging or impugning him. It is merely an observation.
I give anyone regardless of experience a lot of credit in tackling some of these projects. For many they are well within their comfort zone. For others, it's way outside of it: Beyond here dragons lie.
I think the best course to chart is to reset our default settings. Bimmer would be better served by researching more and being more assertive with his projects and the collective should have more patience and be less insulting in their responses. Insults serve no one well and it degrades the integrity of this forum.....

 

Clearly you haven't read his other threads. Go read, then edit your post.

 

Noobs.... the only people who stand up for bimmer

 

Yea, the problem is when you've never done it, you don't know how much force is acceptable vs. now you're going to damage it and make it worse. This is why even the simplest jobs are very difficult and time consuming the first time, when your dad or uncle or friend isn't showing you, which is probably how most of you learned in the first place.

 

i learned from cherokee forum first time to changed my "oil" i accidentally drained tranny oil... done everything to it, it aint never seen a shop since ive owned her. even when i swamped it...this site taught we what to do. we're willin to help ya, just look before ya ask

 

one thing about experience, is you always pay for it whether it be with time or money... you always pay for it.

only one way for you to find out dude.. get dirty do it, dont be afraid to break anything.

 

I'm not standing up for anyone. Just merely making an observation. My personal thought on this is, if someone posts something that that gets under my skin, I have a choice. I can return fire or just let it go. I can offer advice and that can be accepted or rejected. No worries either way. I just think it's foolish to invest so much negative energy into it.....

I'm not exactly sure what defines a noob, # of posts or time involved. Been here almost 3 years and read it daily.... Maybe I'm an old noob....

 

I'm not a noob... But here's my take. I'll be as blunt as possible.

Is this guy obviously lacking common mechanical sense? Yes. Obviously. There's your shot for those of you that want to ridicule the guy.

However, he actually wants to tackle some stuff himself. This automatically ranks him ahead of the other 90% of the US population that is scared to change their own air filter.

So cut the guy some slack.

Bimmer, go get dirty and break some ****. Report back. Repeat.

 

I'm not a noob... But here's my take. I'll be as blunt as possible.

Is this guy obviously lacking common mechanical sense? Yes. Obviously. There's your shot for those of you that want to ridicule the guy.

However, he actually wants to tackle some stuff himself. This automatically ranks him ahead of the other 90% of the US population that is scared to change their own air filter.

So cut the guy some slack.

Bimmer, go get dirty and break some ****. Report back. Repeat.

 

Oh so very true!!!!!

My first project 4x4 was a FJ40 Chevota (small block Chevy) conversion with a Hone overdrive. Boy did I learn fast and alot....

 

I'm not a noob... But here's my take. I'll be as blunt as possible.

Is this guy obviously lacking common mechanical sense? Yes. Obviously. There's your shot for those of you that want to ridicule the guy.

However, he actually wants to tackle some stuff himself. This automatically ranks him ahead of the other 90% of the US population that is scared to change their own air filter.

So cut the guy some slack.

Bimmer, go get dirty and break some ****. Report back. Repeat.

 

I didn't think someone who "isn't a noob" would have posted that 3 times in a row.

 

I'm not a noob... But here's my take. I'll be as blunt as possible.

Is this guy obviously lacking common mechanical sense? Yes. Obviously. There's your shot for those of you that want to ridicule the guy.

However, he actually wants to tackle some stuff himself. This automatically ranks him ahead of the other 90% of the US population that is scared to change their own air filter.

So cut the guy some slack.

Bimmer, go get dirty and break some ****. Report back. Repeat.

 

Oh my sweet chocolate Christ. Stop.