Youtube Car Repair

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Originally Posted by jredfly

Just replaced my water pump on my 2003 Suburban.

I watched a Youtube video on how do it which was awesome! Done in 4 hours and most of that time was messing around with rusty clamps which I replaced with stainless steel.

I was never a gearhead so this is totally new to me and I thought it was so cool to fix it myself and save so much money. I did an alternator install and replaced a power window motor earlier this year. It is simply amazing what you can learn on youtube.

Anyone else have any other success stories on learning how to do something new via youtube?

Good so now that u r a seasoned pro i can stop by with a case of beer and by the time i drink half of it u should be able to do my water pump on an 02 in half the time, right?


It is incredible what is on u tube. Backyard spaceship anyone?
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[Jenn]

It can be an awesome tool for sure but it on the flipside of that I hate that there are also some videos out there that are scary too. For example a "backcountry" camping video I saw not too long ago. If a newbie took some of the how to" advice in the video it could lead to a lot of potentially dangerous situations that the newbie would not even recognize if they didn't have the know how to begin with