So today my car battery died, couldn't even be revived with a jump. I was able to walk to an auto store to get tools and a new battery (damn that mfer was heavier than I expected). I had never had to replace my own car battery before.
I screwed the fastener nuts the wrong way for like 5 minutes, cut my hand, and ultimately accidentally crossed the positive and negative terminals with a wrench that exploded in sparks. I don't even know what stopped me from being electrocuted but I didn't feel a thing.
While I'm happy I was able to take care of it myself and will be able to in the future, I also feel like such a dunce for not knowing wtf I was doing and almost shocking myself
Thanks, it was a real 'necessity is the mother of innovation' moment cause at first I called like 3 auto shops/roadside assistance places and none of them could help till tomorrow, but I have work in the morning.
So real, I've mostly been put in this because we don't have the money for an actual mechanic. I will say the real curse of being handy is the permanent "temporary" fix. My ac compressor crapped out and made my serpentine belt fall off, I ran a bypass thinking just for now till I fix the ac fixed. That's been almost 2 years now
The super handy guy at my work was fixing the AC the other day, he tried to explain it to me and I was like I literally have no idea what half those words mean lol
Yeah I forget a lot of the things myself tbh, I only ever find out what they are through watching videos on yt. Makes it easier to find the parts at eh store/online if you have some terminology at hand.
There's never anything as permanent as a "temporary fix"