D, You don’t know what a long time ago is. You have to pile on a lot more in years.Cheers Terry!
It would be a shame if the drawer and a tub full of wires, loom, connectors and shrink wrap would just sit on the shelf, while the lower harness wire just crumbling to piecesBesides, I really do enjoy this type of work, table top, music on, no hurry... I like pretty wires!
In the early 90's, I worked at Circuit City in Mobile Electronics. These were the days before the YouTube, so education for the "proper" ways of doing things were acquired as hands on. We had a master installer that came to us from some custom audio shop out of California, Mark. He was willing to teach some tricks of the trade, as long as one was willing to learn, and until this day, I appreciate the "teachings" and the skill he was willing to share every time I get to to do some kind of wiring, build a subwoofer box or make a custom speaker grill.
That was a looooong time ago!
Regards,
D
I’m starting to believe that dirt was invented about the same time I showed up on the planet.Unfortunately my experience is with mechanical stuff my neighbors had motorcycles when I was about 12. I used to help them tear down engines and stuff. I bought my first car in 1958. A 1946 Ford 2 door sedan for $100.00 from a school mate. It lasted one summer before I blew the engine and abandoned it on the side of the road. Next I drove my Dad’s 53 Chevy 2 door Belair. He worked on the railroad and I got to use the car 6 out of 7 days a week. I picked him up one time and he was a little pissed that I had installed a set of Fenton cast iron headers that I bought mail order from J.C Whitney and duel exhausts on his car that week. It was really loud but he got over it.
Anyway, I joined the Marines in 1960 and they sent me to Aircraft Mechanics School at the Naval Air Station, Memphis Tennessee. I became a reciprocating engine mechanic on radial aircraft engines. I was good at it and was 3rd in my class of 160. Anyway, the Marines said I could have 3 choices for duty stations. My first choice was Roda Spain , 2nd was in Japan and 3rd was ElToro in SoCal. BAM I was at ElToro a couple of days later. I never saw one airplane engine and went to a helicopter outfit down the road from ElToro. I ended up working on radial helicopter engines and eventually became a crew chief. They also trained me on Huey jet engines but I never saw one. The engines I worked on were 115/145 octane gasoline 9 cylinder radial engines about 1,600 HP.
Over the years I rebuilt a 64 Buick engine a 67 Caddy engine 3 or 4 ? Volkswagen engines. I could remove a VW Bus engine in about 10 minutes. A 1957 MB 190SL engine plus removing the whole drive train and had the drive shaft rebalanced and replaced the differential that my wife blew out while driving it one day and 1967 MB 230 six cylinder engine with a rod thru the cylinder wall that I bought from my wife’s girlfriend for $600.00. I also had a 1964 Euro 220 SEb w/ 4 speed manual on the floor. (The only car I regret selling) but at the time I could not afford to reupholster the leather interior.
All this along with lots of other stuff like brakes, shocks springs R&R transmissions. I lowered my 300E with Eibach Springs in the driveway and installed Koni Shocks on it also.
Lots of mechanical experience BUT very little electrical other than distributors points wires and plugs. I sold my 300E because I nor my tech guy (2 different Techs) could find an electrical gremlin that was eating alternators and A/C fan motors.
I have done solder work on various stuff over the years but am no expert.
Probably TMI, Sorry I got carried away.
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Does it make me hoarder? Hmmmm... )
