don`t own a GM truck had it 1 year cost me 12k, 6k to buy & 6k to keep it running & sold it for $2500 -30
don`t have your thumb wrapped around the edge of a door on a Astro van when you slam it shut [ever try to dig you keys out of the opposite pocket & unlock the door from the wrong side of your body
]-32
don`t adjust timing while leaningn on the fender guess where the spark goes to
don`t clean out spray paint nozzles wih a pin -14
Make sure you install the thermostat when changing it [it took me 3 times] age 17
don`t reach under the car th echeck U joints after driving the car [Istill have the scar ] 19
try not to slip when adjusting timing on a 440 hand oddly goes into solid fan -17
do not stick finger on dics brake rotor through the rim to see if that is the one with the sticking caliper
do not put a pick up truck on hoist while unkown snowmobile in the back under a topper with frost on it [ it tends to leave out the shop door ] -20
do not foregt to lift the dryers in the carwash when the cop cars go through , it tears the lights off the roof -16
make sure you finish every job before starting the next one [having ADD is a killer ]
don`t miss a shift on an icy hill with a 70' building on the trailer & spin out , even if you have never driven the truck before -35
Don`t ever go on vacation no matter what , you will not have a job when you return
don`t leave the heat light on in the winter to stop the water pipes from freezing [it will warm & melt the water line blow the bulb & drop to well below freezing before you return making it much harder to fix the water lines -34
don`t grab anyhting metal with bare hands @ - 40 if there is any moisture on your hands you will freeze to it numerous
don`t try to pull a truck mired in mud when you have a lot of HP , it cost me a transfer case, diff & rad , my truck ony hopped once -32
don`t tow a trailer with the same truck equipped with a 9 1/4 diff , it spit the housing like a barber pole -31
don`t expect the drivtrain to live in the new race car when it was ok in the old car I went 5' under power & broke 37 teeth off the ring gear, good to have traction thouigh!! - 32
