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Howdy,
Your post got me to thinking about all the repairs I've done through the years.
Without a doubt the most rewarding repair was not even on one of my own cars.
A friend asked me to look at a VW Rabbit that belonged to his father-in-law. Ever since new the car had a tendency to die unexpectedly. Everything except headlights would go out. Let the car sit awhile and it would restart as if nothing had happened. As the miles racked up this problem got worse and worse until it was an absolute danger to drive.
While it was in warranty the dealer would dutifully try to track down the problem to no avail. After warranty the man had spent hundreds of dollars at several shops trying to isolate the problem. He really liked the car but was about to dump it because of this problem.
It took me twenty minutes to find and repair a cold solder joint on the incoming power to the PCB on the back of the fuse block. The gratification did not come with the repair. Ten years later I learned that the old gent was still driving that Rabbit. ;-)
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Mr. Shannon DeWolfe -- I've taken to using mister because my name misleads folks on the WWW. I am a 52 year old fat man. ;-)
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