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I replaced my truck's rusted out muffler (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by Perspectivist@feddit.uk to c/diy@slrpnk.net

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Turns out the rattling was coming from the heatshield of the DPF so I spent a day replacing a part which wasn't even the source of the issue. Well, atleast I've got a new exhaust now and did some underbody rust prevention while I was at it.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh to be handy. Nice work.

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You usually don’t lose anything by at least trying to fix something that’s already broken. At worst it'll just remain broken. Even if I don’t intend to repair it, I’ll still usually tend to disassemble it just to see what it looks like inside - and there’s often a part or two I can scavenge for the “DIY box” in case it comes in handy later. I also don’t worry too much about how pretty the fix is, as long as it works. Also, there's instructions for almost everything online. Just go for it.

[–] Septimaeus 3 points 1 month ago

And if they don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy :) nice work

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