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james672
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2d ago
My uncle said he ran his whole shop off one $40 part for 12 years and it made me rethink my setup
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charlesj46
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3d ago
Vent: a guy at the Pull-a-Part in Tulsa showed me his $40 head gasket fix and I still can't decide if he's a genius or a hack
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hugo_ellis
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5d ago
Pro tip: the $2 garage sale crockpot fixed my heater core flush
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amy858
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5d ago
My uncle said my soldering looked like bird poop, so I switched to a $14 iron with a real tip
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lisa_jones21
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5d ago
My uncle in Akron showed me why my old desktop kept dying, and it was a $2 part
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ivan_hayes29
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6d ago
Just realized my $40 junkyard alternator was made in 2003 and still tests perfect
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wren_smith44
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6d ago
My dad told me to skip the $40 alignment tool and just eyeball my front wheels with a tape measure
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hugo_jones2
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7d ago
My grandpa's 1962 Popular Mechanics said a brake job takes 45 minutes and I laughed out loud
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johnson.lee
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8d ago
Vent: water heater went out on a Sunday and the plumber quoted me $850
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charlie_fisher45
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8d ago
TIL a 1998 Dell Optiplex runs Windows 11 fine with 8GB of RAM and a $22 SSD
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seth_green85
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8d ago
Spent $85 on a "premium" soldering iron when my $12 one from the flea market worked fine
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dakota_rivera
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10d ago
Question about why everyone buys new brake calipers when a $14 rebuild kit does the job
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fisher.diana
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11d ago
Rant: my brother said sanding a $60 dresser was a waste, but 3 weekends later the drawers actually slide
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casey535
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12d ago
Hot take: the guy at the junkyard in Dayton told me to grab the window regulator from the passenger side, not the driver side
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hugo50
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12d ago
My neighbor's $40 brake job on his Civic taught me that cheap pads are not the problem, the grease is
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