[Alvy]

Originally Posted by gmbadgley

Bottom line is that you are only held back by yourself. Nothing in doing work on these machines is rocket science, these machines are all at least 30 years old. All they require are YOUR willingness to learn a little and get dirty. If they are together right they run, if not take it apart and try again.

These are not like your car, if it takes a little longer than planned you are not stuck at home because it is not running. Take your time and learn, HAVE FUN!!!

There is no shame in not getting it right the first time every time, there is not a pro out here that has.

Well said. I work on extremely finicky electric forklifts for a living so these seem simple to some of us but I've also been stumped on some issues on them as well and have overlooked some simple things when I assumed wrong but the bottom line is you're exactly right, I wouldn't discourage anyone from diving into one of these because you can fix your mistakes and learn from them, they are fun to make run! Some special tools and practice/repetition are an absolute must but just be like the rest of us and keep collecting more to learn on. Electrically I can work on these with my eyes closed but I'm still learning paint and body which is cake to others and I struggle with it. The great thing is that everyone here has different things that they're great at and the collective advice from them is awesome.