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In one word"..................... Patience!

Yesterday I decided to replace the rear shock absorbers on my car. This should have been an easy job 'cause is was only seven bolts per side and five of these held on the wheel. Thinks to myself total time for both sides about fifty minutes................wrong! The lower bolts that hold the shocks to the axel took one and a half hours per side to unscrew 3/4". If it hadn't been for "Plus Gas" a four foot lever and PATIENCE they would not have unscrewed.

Thank goodness for the Zen of horology!

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Your are right there Geo,  without patience a person will not get far with watch repairing and even if someone has patience,  have they got the touch?  It`s one of the things I like about watches as a hobby, being able to go from wielding a 4ft. wrecking bar to adjusting a hairspring,  talk about extremes.

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This is my biggest hurdle as I'm not a patient person by nature! Many a time I have to stop working on something and calm my nerves or I will get frustrated and either brake something or loose my mind! :roadrage:  

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I am an extremely impatient person (just ask my wife) but miraculously watch repairing is my therapy. I am at my most calm when at the bench.

 

Having two teenagers on the other hand......  :growl:

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Changed the rear springs on my 30 year old rusted up Landrover Series 3 a couple of years back took 2 hours. Recently did my 10 year old Mitsubishi L200 took 2 days, swearing, plus gas, more swearing, heat, even more swearing, angle grinding, references to Roger Mellys Profanisaurus, drilling & swearing!

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Changed the rear springs on my 30 year old rusted up Landrover Series 3 a couple of years back took 2 hours. Recently did my 10 year old Mitsubishi L200 took 2 days, swearing, plus gas, more swearing, heat, even more swearing, angle grinding, references to Roger Mellys Profanisaurus, drilling & swearing!

Ah, a man after my own heart. I too would have used heat, but there was too much rubber nearby.

I'm away to put my old Norton back together tomorrow, at least everything is clean and the majority of the fasteners are new!

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Same here, Being in the motor mechanic bussiness for 23 years and constant fiddling with old cars you must have patience, Seen that SO many times. my rule is ...before you strip.... understand it FIRST, then diagnose THAN you get the hammer  ....   HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer now days is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive boat parts not far from the object we are trying to "adjust". Available in a variety of sizes, which is typically chosen based on the amount of time you have already wasted attempting to "solve a problem". Available with a head made of steel, plastic, brass or hard rubber. As a side note, only the steel head has a practical use, no logical use for the other materials has ever been discovered. Some models equipped with the fly away head option. AKA "Ford Wrench", "BFH", "Wound Inflicting Hammer"
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