I feel Great

[cliffsta]

Literrally. Tuesday night i did my shocks. All by myself. My dad didn't even come outside but to make sure i hadn't died every so often. The only real problem was the bolts on the driver's side front shock were seized, but some WD40 and a tweaked wrist later, it came off. And luck would have it, it was the first one i did. And boy what a diference it made. The rear shocks were both blown out. The front barely working. I just feel good about myself for doing it myself. Like my dad and my cousin always tell me; just go screw around and learn something.
I didn't get a chance to post in the "What did you get done?" thread for this weekend either, and i boy did i get r done! It was my birthday weekend, so i had a little gingle. I loaded up on goodies. Bought a timing set, new radiator hoses, and some antifreeze. I'm gonna do that stuff Thanksgiving week or weekend when my cousin can bring his timing light. Gotta pull the radiator and all that mess to get down there, so i figure that's a weekend affair. This past Saturday i changed my air filter, crank case breather filter, and PCV valve. then i changed my oil and oil filter. Then i added some ATF, cause i was fairly low. Later i changed my headlights. All by myself i did these things. While these are obviously not "difficult" jobs, i never did any of them before on my own. Some guy at school was like "oh thats nothing you pansy i do blah blah blah", and i just ignored him. *I* never did these things before, much less alone. There is definately this feeling of utter, goodness, after actually working on my truck. It no longer feels like im driving my dad's truck, it feels like it's now mine.
Keep on rollin
cliff