DrBoost
DrBoost HalfDork
11/1/09 7:39 a.m.

There was that thread last week or so about mechanics that say they can change a transmission in 45 minutes even though the book time is 8.4 days or something like that. Well, I don't believe that stuff. As a mechanic I know you can beat the book time on most things by a few percent, and there are a few things that you can really beat the heck out of the time ('till chrysler finds out and cuts the book time in half) but here's actual proof of a mechanic beating the heck out of book time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQhfcdQf1QA

924guy
924guy Dork
11/1/09 7:47 a.m.

very cool stuff!

if I tried that I'd end up with a stump where my hand once was...

TJ
TJ HalfDork
11/1/09 8:57 a.m.

repost

Looks like it has been beaten by about three days.

2002maniac
2002maniac Reader
11/1/09 9:32 a.m.

very cool! just watch those fingers!

Tyler H
Tyler H GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/1/09 10:11 a.m.

Awesome. Now let's see it with a serpentine belt.

foxtrapper
foxtrapper SuperDork
11/1/09 9:00 p.m.

Known about it for many years, never been willing to try it myself.

DrBoost
DrBoost HalfDork
11/2/09 5:51 a.m.

I'm going to try it on the timing chain next time I do one

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