During this project i had the pleasure of working in a garage. I spent 25 hours working at the Union Street Garage and during that period of time there were many problems that were faced during this period of time, There were times that we had to wait hours just for parts to come in and other times we had cars come in for a routine check up and turned into a project that took twice as long as it should've taken us. I've grown as a person because every time i went over to the garage i never wanted to leave because I loved being there. I learned something new every time i went in. I feel like i have a better understanding in cars and hopefully will keep learning because i am thinking of taking classes in college to get an even better understanding. Over this time i learned that you need pacients in this business because some projects are easy that don't take long but other projects just take up the hold day and you wish you never even started this project. In the end i had a great time spending time at this garage and have developed a relationship with my mentor that i have hoped for .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Capstone Day 6
Time Spent: 4 Hours
Total time: 25 Hours
Today at Union street Garage I came to finish up my hours with my mentor. I decided to try to learn something new about cars so i wanted to learn how to put a car on a jack stand so today i got to watch someone teach me how to do that if i ever get a flat tire. As well as learning that i got to watch Joel do another smog today and he finally got to teach me more behind smog checks. I learned if you ever see blue smoke coming out of your car that means your car is burning oil and that is very bad not just for the car but the environment.
Total time: 25 Hours
Today at Union street Garage I came to finish up my hours with my mentor. I decided to try to learn something new about cars so i wanted to learn how to put a car on a jack stand so today i got to watch someone teach me how to do that if i ever get a flat tire. As well as learning that i got to watch Joel do another smog today and he finally got to teach me more behind smog checks. I learned if you ever see blue smoke coming out of your car that means your car is burning oil and that is very bad not just for the car but the environment.
Capstone Day 5
Time Spent: 5 hours
Total Time: 21 hours
Today at Union Street Garage I decided to come in the morning to see how the garage opens and how many cars come in the morning. Today was a slow day so i got to learn more things because the mechanics had more time to show me how to do things more efficiently. I learned more things about what things to check under the hood every time you go fill up gas. You should check your brake fluids,coolant and windshield fluids. After you check those things you should check the battery and see if there is no corrosion on it and after you check that you should check your tire pressure.
Total Time: 21 hours
Today at Union Street Garage I decided to come in the morning to see how the garage opens and how many cars come in the morning. Today was a slow day so i got to learn more things because the mechanics had more time to show me how to do things more efficiently. I learned more things about what things to check under the hood every time you go fill up gas. You should check your brake fluids,coolant and windshield fluids. After you check those things you should check the battery and see if there is no corrosion on it and after you check that you should check your tire pressure.
Capstone Day 4
Time Spent: 4 Hours
Total Time: 16 Hours
Today at Union Street Garage I came and as usual i got to watch over one of my favorite mechanics there and his name is Joel. He is the top mechanic at the shop and likes to teach me new things about cars. I have learned so much from him about what to look for in a car when buying one to know if it is a good car or not. I learned how to do an oil change today even though i didn't do it myself i took some notes on it that are detailed enough for me to do it on my own.
Total Time: 16 Hours
Today at Union Street Garage I came and as usual i got to watch over one of my favorite mechanics there and his name is Joel. He is the top mechanic at the shop and likes to teach me new things about cars. I have learned so much from him about what to look for in a car when buying one to know if it is a good car or not. I learned how to do an oil change today even though i didn't do it myself i took some notes on it that are detailed enough for me to do it on my own.
Capstone Project Day 3
Time Spent: 4 Hours
Total Time: 12 Hours
Today was another busy day at Union Street Garage today i got to watch one of the mechanics work on this 1997 mercedes that had bad brakes on it. We had to put the car on the hoist and go through the brakes and change them. The brakes were completely gone and if the customer didn't come in he could've gotten into an accident because his brakes would've failed on him. This job took most of the time i was there because we had to wait for this one part and as we were waiting we had many more cars that needed fixing.
Total Time: 12 Hours
Today was another busy day at Union Street Garage today i got to watch one of the mechanics work on this 1997 mercedes that had bad brakes on it. We had to put the car on the hoist and go through the brakes and change them. The brakes were completely gone and if the customer didn't come in he could've gotten into an accident because his brakes would've failed on him. This job took most of the time i was there because we had to wait for this one part and as we were waiting we had many more cars that needed fixing.
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