kevinll63

Do we all do things twice on are car's or is it just me

lowes-yellow77

I tried to use some solder 3 times on my center cluster board before finally buying a new one

HwyFever

That would never be the case for me. Rarely, if ever do I do things twice... I do not consider the job done until I attempted three times, broke the first one and then started all over and tried once more.

F22

Only twice? Wow, you're really good!

Alan 71

Hi,
The really easy jobs only take two or three tries.
The 'repeats' for more difficult/puzzling/"why are you even trying", jobs….no one would believe!
Regards,
Alan

I'm trying to duplicate the color and appearance of the rubber sealer that's 'smeared' on the electrical connections on the back-up light switch that's mounted to the transmission.
I'm on my 4th try with the 3rd material.

kevinll63

Guess that is why we say SHE when we talk about the car.When you do something nice for it they went more

Kris Tunetso

my 76 ray

Some things I do twice. Once on the driver side and once on the passenger side.

Kris Tunetso

I feel I ought to contribute a bit more than just agreeing with F22 like I did above.

I often do things 2 or more times, but it's mostly by choice. I started doing this because about 6 months ago I removed my spare tire carrier to check some things on the rear end and now I'm pretty sure I'm missing some bolts that I had before. I don't like losing things because it's just a self-inflicted wallet drain that I could have avoided. Now, if something's not working right I take it apart and figure out what I need to acquire to fix it, then put it all back together until the new parts arrive. Doing it this way I don't have to remember which bolt goes where, and there's no risk of losing small pieces.

REELAV8R

There is never enough time to do something just once. By the third try, then you somehow got the time.

dochorsepower

If you only performed the repair once, you've done it wrong.

F22

The ever-recurring, never ending journeys into the doors

1st Time 2012: Revamped the passenger door panel and got it back on.

2nd Time 2013: Now the Power Window Motor died, replaced the motor.

3rd Time 2013: The Regulator shat the bed, go back in and replace the regulator.

4th Time 2014: The Window slowly misaligned itself, go back and readjust

5th Time 2015: Door Lock Failed, go in and spend weeks figuring out how the door latch and lock mechanism worked. Figured it out, adjusted it and now it's fixed

6th Time 2015 or 2016: Not yet, but the felt seals need to be replaced on both sides. The potato chip door panel will likely not go on next time. Bingo! New door panels at $700 to $900 a pair. Am I lucky or what?

7th Time: Coming soon, new door glass, both sides.

Car is now nearly new, but still never stops asking me for parts, weekly or monthly. Banks are starting to send me credit cards in my car's name "Sassy the Bitch", because I know who owns who and it ain't me on top.

vettezobsezzed

If something goes together perfect first time, that means I really forgot something important, even the easiest tasks are killer. It's a labor of love tho rite?

kevinll63

Well pulling the motor for the second time didn't like the way it ran (getting a rebuild) the exhaust twice already and now thinking side exhaust Guess I need to figure out what I want before I jump

stingray_son

And it's usually when I am on the road when I find out my mistake!

Mod75

After taking the windshield wiper motor apart three times on my 75 i gave up and just got a new one.

Guy at the counter says, do you know how to install one of these?

lowes-yellow77

I was one of them a long time ago at the "zone" I actually QUIT and went over to Napa and got a job,
but some of these guys really drive me crazy asking if I know how to put something on I usually tell them well I brought you the old one so I think I'll be fine.

Now back to the original thread....

3JsVette

Oh so true.

F22

Crap. Just got in tonight, to power up the left window and it is dead. D-E-A-D. Go figure, only that weird, little haunted bitch of a car would come up with that. The stuff I could tell you...

7T1vette

There is a theoretical relationship here that you need to understand:

"The number of attempts required to satisfactorily complete a repair task on a C3 (or any other vehicle) is inversely proportional to the amount of time taken to think about and create a plan for that fix."

Stated differently: If you find a problem and just take a 'stab' at fixing it, you will likely be "fixing it" again....and again...and....