Where Have All the Women Gone?

[Lee Ann]

Hey Ladies,

Are you still out there?

Do you have an automotive repair experience to share?

Are you a female tech in the field?

Are you an Automotive Technology student?

Let’s get this part of the forum “rolling” again.

Hope to hear from you soon.

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[Shannon]

I just found this site about 2 days ago. Prior to that I was checking out all of Eric’s videos. Great stuff. I’m glad to be here!

I used to see my dad working in the garage and wanted to see what was so interesting, so I decided to get into it myself. I’m seriously thinking about becoming either a technician or getting my CDL and doing regional hauls thruout New England.

Let me see if I can sum up my car history here:
1970 Volvo 144
1979 Volvo 245 wagon
1978 Volvo 244
1990 Volvo 244
1994 Ford Explorer Sport
1984 Plymouth Reliant (Yech)
1988 Volvo 740 Turbo Wagon
1984 Ford F150
1970 VW Bus
1995 Ford F150
1992 Honda Accord Coupe

The only cars that were auto out of this list were the Reliant and the ’79 Volvo (because they were given to me).

I have been fixing all of my cars for as long as I can remember. I cut my teeth on that 1970 Volvo tuning the dual Weber carbs that came with it and haven’t looked back. I’ve done clutches, brake jobs, engine repair, timing, body work…you name it. Working on my car puts a big old smile on my face and I’ll still get all excited when I get a difficult job right the 1st time.

[Lee Ann]

Welcome, Shanazon.

I was bought up in a family of gear-heads. My dad had (and still has) a passion for race cars/racing. He inspired me as a young person to get involved. He taught me how to do oil changes and tune-ups on my first car and tried to teach me how to read wiring diagrams.

During a recent stint on unemployment, I realized that I needed to start doing my own maintenance and repairs. Eric’s oil change video was the first followed by the solving performance issues. Then came the exhaust system, then suspension and more recently electrical videos.

A couple weeks ago, I finished my first semester of my Auto Tech program at college.

I hope you enjoy the website. There are tons of great people here, including Eric himself, to answer any questions you may have.

[Shannon]

I got a small windfall during Christmas so I’ve spent it on….my car. I went ahead a purchased a stainless header and downpipe that I should be able to bolt on sometime next week, a hood which should be coming fairly soon, and a good amount of welding/fiberglass/body filling to do to repair the driver’s rear wheelwell as well as the driver’s side door.. My car sure keeps my plate full. I’ve still yet to name her yet. Take care!

[Paula]

New girl on in the garage here. So excited to get the full time mechanic position now to get 23 ase certs in six months.

[Andrew Button]

Greetings new girl on forum. What do you work on ? Car of choice ? Keep posting, we need opinions like yours !

[Lee Ann]

[quote=”Monkeypann” post=125389]New girl on in the garage here. So excited to get the full time mechanic position now to get 23 ase certs in six months.[/quote]

Welcome and congrats on the job. That’s awesome! Good luck getting those certs. Keep us posted on your progress.

[Paula]

We work on a little bit of everything garbage trucks, fire trucks, several ford trucks diesel and regular, police cars. Then all the small motors chain saws edgers weed eaters. A lot of welding and fabricating of several items. Best of all we also maintain a draw bridge.

I absolutely love my job something different every day just very concerned they are asking for so many ase certifications for someone that is not the lead mechanic.

[Paula]

I’m just entry level willing to learn just don’t want to loose my job if I don’t get the certs.

[Andrew Button]

Watch the videos. Much better than classrooms. Tap old timers for truths, thats what I did. Works great. Never had any certs at all.

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