leonardgid Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Hello everyone, when it comes to engine repairs my knowledge goes as far as changing oil and filters , and flushing , so im looking at doing a day course but at $400 dollars i have to ask if its money well spend or not ,My question is , is it possible to learn al of the basic service and repairs that they teach by online videos instead ? thank you al for your opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 hours ago, leonardgid said: Hello everyone, when it comes to engine repairs my knowledge goes as far as changing oil and filters , and flushing , so im looking at doing a day course but at $400 dollars i have to ask if its money well spend or not ,My question is , is it possible to learn al of the basic service and repairs that they teach by online videos instead ? thank you al for your opinion You’ve got buckley’s of learning everything there is to learn about outboards in a day.At most they’ll teach you the basics,thank you very much for investing $400 with them and please come again. You’ll learn more from gathering some tools,getting yourself a good service manual for your particular outboard,asking knowledgeable people questions and most of all from actually doing things,physicallly doing things like dismantling things,putting them back together,working out how one component Marries with another,etc,etc. I’m surrounded by trades people from different fields and I can tell you there’s tradespeople with decades of being a tradesman below their belt that ain’t worth a pinch of 💩.I know first year apprentices that will run rings around them and labourers without trades too. It’s up to you what’s worth it or not.If you think tossing them $400 to basically tell you what anyone with half a mechanical brain already knows go ahead.If you really want to learn start by doing what I said and practicing as often as you can with your own boat,families,friends,etc. cheers. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Fab1 said: You’ve got buckley’s of learning everything there is to learn about outboards in a day.At most they’ll teach you the basics,thank you very much for investing $400 with them and please come again. You’ll learn more from gathering some tools,getting yourself a good service manual for your particular outboard,asking knowledgeable people questions and most of all from actually doing things,physicallly doing things like dismantling things,putting them back together,working out how one component Marries with another,etc,etc. I’m surrounded by trades people from different fields and I can tell you there’s tradespeople with decades of being a tradesman below their belt that ain’t worth a pinch of 💩.I know first year apprentices that will run rings around them and labourers without trades too. It’s up to you what’s worth it or not.If you think tossing them $400 to basically tell you what anyone with half a mechanical brain already knows go ahead.If you really want to learn start by doing what I said and practicing as often as you can with your own boat,families,friends,etc. cheers. You've saved me $400 , thanks for your advice very helpful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 What @Fab1says is gold … there is nothing like personal experience to build a foundation of understanding and confidence. The quickest way to get your head around a combustion engine is to rebuild an old lawnmower - there’s plenty on gumtree - I did my first one at 8yo - my dad gave me the “project” - best thing ever. I even had to cut gaskets out of cardboard on that one. What a feeling when it roared to life and what a practical platform from which to understand other motors. Once you have the basics, you’ll be able to better follow what a manual states or what experts advise. Today you are blessed with resources such as YouTube - man I wish this was available back in the day. One site you may want to subscribe to is the following - this is the web page but it has links to the YouTube content. If the link gets removed PM me. https://outboard.dangarmarine.com/guide?device=2 cheers Zoran 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 6 hours ago, zmk1962 said: What @Fab1says is gold … there is nothing like personal experience to build a foundation of understanding and confidence. The quickest way to get your head around a combustion engine is to rebuild an old lawnmower - there’s plenty on gumtree - I did my first one at 8yo - my dad gave me the “project” - best thing ever. I even had to cut gaskets out of cardboard on that one. What a feeling when it roared to life and what a practical platform from which to understand other motors. Once you have the basics, you’ll be able to better follow what a manual states or what experts advise. Today you are blessed with resources such as YouTube - man I wish this was available back in the day. One site you may want to subscribe to is the following - this is the web page but it has links to the YouTube content. If the link gets removed PM me. https://outboard.dangarmarine.com/guide?device=2 cheers Zoran Great advice also as usual mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, zmk1962 said: What @Fab1says is gold … there is nothing like personal experience to build a foundation of understanding and confidence. The quickest way to get your head around a combustion engine is to rebuild an old lawnmower - there’s plenty on gumtree - I did my first one at 8yo - my dad gave me the “project” - best thing ever. I even had to cut gaskets out of cardboard on that one. What a feeling when it roared to life and what a practical platform from which to understand other motors. Once you have the basics, you’ll be able to better follow what a manual states or what experts advise. Today you are blessed with resources such as YouTube - man I wish this was available back in the day. One site you may want to subscribe to is the following - this is the web page but it has links to the YouTube content. If the link gets removed PM me. https://outboard.dangarmarine.com/guide?device=2 cheers Zoran extremely useful link ! i have already saved it and subscribed , also thank you very much for the advice, i will do what you said with the mower , so happens that i have a spare one in the shed that needs work to get it going again , and (THANK YOU FISHRAIDER!) ! without it being here i would not be able to ask so many questions like i do ! Edited October 21, 2022 by leonardgid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmck Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 13 hours ago, leonardgid said: and (THANK YOU FISHRAIDER!) ! without it being here i would not be able to ask so many questions like i do ! Mankes your annual membership fee worthwhile!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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