In-deed. And if only had a pick up you could move them also! I was never a pro mechanic and the most extensive work I did was replacing head gaskets back in the 70's, yet I have some interesting stores to tell, by God's grace (like resuscitating my dad's work car which I completely sunk in a golf course lagoon), but I am sure you must have some also.
Nowadays I do fix (usually) bikes for free in this densely packed city with lots of kids, and thank God I can do something to help others, but few want to learn yet.
I just did a blown head gasket a couple of months ago, and now my son's friends car has been presented to me with the same problem. I told them that they can do the work, and i'll just show them what to do. Fixing a blown head gasket is a pain in the @$$, because it usually warps the head, and so you have to get the head reworked.
Fortunately for them, I happen to have an old junk car that I was going to haul off for scrap anyways, and it happens to use the same engine as my son's friends car. It has a bad rod bearing/worn crankshaft problem, and i'm not going to fix it, so there is a spare known good head they can use.
Nowadays I do fix (usually) bikes for free in this densely packed city with lots of kids, and thank God I can do something to help others, but few want to learn yet.
You've got that right. Person after person wants their car fixed, but none of them want to learn how to fix it themselves. They all want to drop it in my lap and then run away. Well i've made it clear to them that i'm not going to do that, and if their car isn't worth their attention, it is certainly not worth my attention.
Nobody wants to learn anything nowadays. Nobody wants to take any sort of control over their own lives. There is no more "can do" attitude in this generation.