Final Hours?!?!!?

I've put in a lot of new hours since my last update. I've been doing personal projects as well as working hours at Jiffy lube. I did transmission work on my subaru, as well as a break job and oil change on my mother's car, a clutch on my friends mx-6 and a few more things. As a total I've put in 100 new hours and here are some pictures of the Mazda clutch job and Jiffy lube including some computer training. Get back to me about hours and how many I need logged still.

internship start off

Just a few pics of our set up at meridian Jiffy lube. I've put in roughly 70 hours in including training and meetings. Minimum wage is rough but better than free . I haven't been fully trained in all the sections of the shop so not fully exposed quite yet. Any questions and you can e ma me directly at ar.Thomas91@yahoo.com

internship blues

Hey everyone, I have been running around a lot looking for an internship. I think I night have my foot in the door at wrs I was drinking with one of the head mechanics wife and she said that I should seriously consider going out there the help they have now isn't cutting it. Just wanted to check up like I an supposed to I'll post more soon. I finally heard back from baker and it was a no go. The guy who talked to me before got replaced and so did my chance but got a lead and maybe a reference at raider farms.

Week 5

We all finished up our break sets in our class time had a few different demos as well. I used my hours to finish up the last of my break jobs totaling 17 break jobs I helped on a few to do a wheel seal and bearing adjustment. It wasn't overly complicated but wasn't too simple. I didn't know that there were going to be basic specs for doing a wheel end but there is an industry standard to always guide you if you don't have specific specs. Good thing to know and to ask for if ever asked to do breaks. 

Week 4

So! We started breaks and did some demos on taking out and replacing wheel seals, also we did bearing adjustments whisc i had never done before. how many steps you have to take surprised me but it is thorough work and it will be done thoroughly.  And of  course we spent time in the classroom for lectures and I attended my other classes

Week 3

It was a busy week of testing and learning all week. Getting shown and practicing the OEM charging starting test on multiple vehicles I personally did it on 4 total. I decided to challenge myself with doing the final test on my own personal vehicle a 2003 dodge neon hahaha, it was interesting. but I managed to do it in under 10 minutes and was sattisfied to find my cars charging and starting system to be fine for stock and I am considering a new larger amperage rated alternator with the higher level of sound system I continue to install. 

Week 2

For my 30 hours this week I was appart of two seperate classes both diesel and english. I also did work on the weekend on my electrical system in my car for my stereo system. I had blown a fuse charging a component that basically acts as another battery that charges and discharges depending on use called a capacitor cap. I pushed a new fuse in the circuit cause I was certain the system was wired correctly after all I did most the work. How could it possibly be wrong right? It blew one more fuse, I continue to check and double check all my wiring and then insulate it with wire covers. I keep going and get back to the amplifier and the capacitor over and over again and I finally notice one of the grounds is kind of loose and has bare wire so I figure it might of touched a live wire and there is my short to ground. I was wrong I blew my third fuse in 24 hours. Finally I slow my self down check battery cables polarity of the cables black negative red positive all the wires to the capacitor. Capcitor was wired backwards the friend I let help me wired it backwards and I didn't double check it, but with that I checked and the capacitor wasn't blown and I rewired it correctly this time and  charged it correctly and pushed a new fuse in there and it is all perfect. 2nd year student learning curve I suppose, slow down!