I am endlessly doing something myself that is probably best left to a professional but why spend good money when I think im amazing lol. I find that such comedies fulfill my life with humility.
I recently decided to paint a cheap truck that i bought on craigslist in a fantastic satin poop brown rustoleum. I cleaned out every local hardware store in 5-6 can quantities of nutmeg colored spray paint. That process, I'm sure, costed half as much as the paint.
It takes quite a while to spray 16 cans of paint, and even though I started early my poor digits could barely spray the can anymore by sunset. Besides being overconfident in diy, i am also unwilling to give up. I switched into survival mode which never turns out well; "must spray can to live!" Into the dark i sprayed, and the next day i owned a zebra textured piece of turd brown junk! I bet it costed more than the actual truck to waste my time on it.
Tell me in reply about your recent failures in DiY for some fun :)
Oh and the truck, well after about 2 more depleted hardware stores, 12 more cans, it was decent enough to find other projects to hammer.
- photo by @empath
Love your determination to make it to completion, no matter what. ~ljl~
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Body drop that truck.
My CRX had a rattle can black primer job on it when I sold it.
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The crx was sweet! I still cant believe someone stole mine!
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I bought a PT Cruiser that I knew had an issue with an O2 sensor. An easy fix, right? Well, two O2 sensors and a few scraped knuckles later I find out that the vehicles' computer was the real culprit for the light!
Co$t nearly a grand to put in a new computer! :)
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Yikes, that sounds expensive for a Chrysler. Unfortunately the CEL only hints at the problem not always the exact reason. I bought an 01 Audi that the seller worked on and in the process hacked in new coils since the ECU was throwing random misfire codes. After i bought it and constantly cleared the codes, it finally came up with a code stating the ECU wasnt getting enough voltage. I replaced the ECU power relay (35$) and got rid of a lot of codes that made no sense.
a Month or so later, the torque converter went kaput. Sold it for mot much more than scrap value and now has a happy home, not in the junkyard.
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Here is my current project. Looking like the work of a 10 year old so far. https://steemit.com/diy/@bgrass/box-of-tunes-project-part-5
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