I'm so frustrated at my lack of options when it comes to my poor cb9.
So right now , the car has been unbelievably patient with me in terms of waiting for things to get fixed. The list of things that are broken keeps getting longer each year. Shocks , brakes , oil leaks , power steering , just some of it's faults. My short term solution for a lot of these faults has been to use each system less and less to avoid it breaking further. To literally drive the car slower to keep it from blowing any gaskets or being over stressed. I drive the car at about 25% throttle at any given time and never exceed 3000 rpm. I feel as though the car is just dying and I'm just prolonging it's death.
What I'm most frustrated at , is my lack of options.
Local mechanics will drive it and simply brush it off as either "it's fine" or "it's an old car buy a newer one". It infuriates me that nobody will get in it and simply say "yes , something is wrong" and then go about fixing the issues and actually care about fixing it. Taking it to a shop is an option that seems to yield no results.
I can (and have tried) fixing issues myself.
I'm a sub contractor by trade and my skills in construction can transfer over to repairing physical things on the car. I have done tons of body work. I replaced panels and whole doors. I can fix interior parts and panels and replace seats. I also have been building computers and doing house wiring for 13 years and have a bit of electrical knowledge. I can change bulbs on the car and installed the car stereo and built in power inverter and replaced the tcu and rewired the door controls with ease.
But when it comes to engines or heavier mechanical tasks , I'm a useless bastard.
I know how an engine works , I can change spark plugs and wires. I even replaced a few easy to reach gaskets on top of the engine. But when it comes to diagnosing a problem with any gas engine I don't know what the hell I'm doing at all. I once tried to change the front shocks. I ended up somehow pulling one of the front axles out and it refused to go back in. I had to call a tow truck which towed the 3 wheeled honda to a shop that fixed the axle and installed the shocks for me.
I just don't have good tools , I dont have a shop , or a garage , or even a paved driveway. All this coupled with the fact that I don't have that bit of engine experience to know exactly why an engine isn't working right. It makes me fixing my own engine issues almost impossible.
So with shops being not an option , myself being a terrible option , I'm left with wanting some sort of honda accord savior to descend from the heavens onto me and just fix the car. heck I'll even help. But those types of people also don't seem to exist in my tiny town of 6000 people. I have to admit , I'm the only person in my town with a cb7/cb9. I'm sure if this was a chevy pickup truck I'd have tons of help.
So as you can see my options really suck right now and it felt good to some and vent here. lol. It's really annoying to have no options and KNOW that the car could be fixed if it were in a different situation.
So right now , the car has been unbelievably patient with me in terms of waiting for things to get fixed. The list of things that are broken keeps getting longer each year. Shocks , brakes , oil leaks , power steering , just some of it's faults. My short term solution for a lot of these faults has been to use each system less and less to avoid it breaking further. To literally drive the car slower to keep it from blowing any gaskets or being over stressed. I drive the car at about 25% throttle at any given time and never exceed 3000 rpm. I feel as though the car is just dying and I'm just prolonging it's death.
What I'm most frustrated at , is my lack of options.
Local mechanics will drive it and simply brush it off as either "it's fine" or "it's an old car buy a newer one". It infuriates me that nobody will get in it and simply say "yes , something is wrong" and then go about fixing the issues and actually care about fixing it. Taking it to a shop is an option that seems to yield no results.
I can (and have tried) fixing issues myself.
I'm a sub contractor by trade and my skills in construction can transfer over to repairing physical things on the car. I have done tons of body work. I replaced panels and whole doors. I can fix interior parts and panels and replace seats. I also have been building computers and doing house wiring for 13 years and have a bit of electrical knowledge. I can change bulbs on the car and installed the car stereo and built in power inverter and replaced the tcu and rewired the door controls with ease.
But when it comes to engines or heavier mechanical tasks , I'm a useless bastard.
I know how an engine works , I can change spark plugs and wires. I even replaced a few easy to reach gaskets on top of the engine. But when it comes to diagnosing a problem with any gas engine I don't know what the hell I'm doing at all. I once tried to change the front shocks. I ended up somehow pulling one of the front axles out and it refused to go back in. I had to call a tow truck which towed the 3 wheeled honda to a shop that fixed the axle and installed the shocks for me.
I just don't have good tools , I dont have a shop , or a garage , or even a paved driveway. All this coupled with the fact that I don't have that bit of engine experience to know exactly why an engine isn't working right. It makes me fixing my own engine issues almost impossible.
So with shops being not an option , myself being a terrible option , I'm left with wanting some sort of honda accord savior to descend from the heavens onto me and just fix the car. heck I'll even help. But those types of people also don't seem to exist in my tiny town of 6000 people. I have to admit , I'm the only person in my town with a cb7/cb9. I'm sure if this was a chevy pickup truck I'd have tons of help.
So as you can see my options really suck right now and it felt good to some and vent here. lol. It's really annoying to have no options and KNOW that the car could be fixed if it were in a different situation.
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