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James in Brum
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Video mechanic!

[mention]Richzx6r[/mention] [mention]Stu[/mention] [mention]WD-40[/mention] [mention]fastbob[/mention]


And any others who have helped me I have not mentioned.


Idea is video call mechanic. For people like me with all the practical skills of a sea anemone. A planned video call of series of them for advice, listening to the engine, watching the current stage and describing the next.


I could imagine paying an amount for a pay as you go card for x minutes of time.


E.g right now I am taking the carbs off. Never done it, happy to play and learn but could video call and show where I am at and describe what the manual says and someone helps me decode that.

Most likely calls would be in a couple of minute segments at a time.


Either that or teaching school. One week, you’d supply the cheap ER5s and we, the students, would disassemble and reassemble them under your guidance.


Any takers?

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Have you considered joining the ZZR 600 Facebook group ? That's the quickest and easiest way to post videos . I could even pretend to have a ZZR and join myself . 😉

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I don't think it would work because you would have to be a trained and qualified mechanic to charge people money. I'm not a mechanic. I've had no training I just fix my own problems and if I see someone with the same problem that I had in the past I tell them how I fixed it or what I would do to fix it. You have to keep in mind that the advice you get on a forum is just opinions from the general public, it's not a paid for professional service so it's all at your own risk. Once you pay a fee for a service it's a completely different.

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While it is a good idea I wouldn't wan't to charge money for advice to be honest


That's the whole reason I set this place up so people can help each other for free :)


Plus as [mention]WD-40[/mention] says I do it for myself and like to pass the information on


 

Have you considered joining the ZZR 600 Facebook group ? That's the quickest and easiest way to post videos . I could even pretend to have a ZZR and join myself . 😉

 

This just pushes people away from the forum :? on to a usually a place full of bell ends who just want to slate each other! I don't know what it is with Facebook groups but most of them attract a lot of undesirables who think its funny to rip each other apart forums don't seem to have that plus a lot of information gets lost on facebook groups and is a lot harder to search for.

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I was thinking most of [mention]Richzx6r[/mention] who I recall

Had had some bad luck employment wise :-)

I appreciate the free advice and I like this forum. Being in the zzr600 forum is nice but only as an adjunct to here :-)

Facebook is easy for videos and live streaming :-)

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I don't think it would work because you would have to be a trained and qualified mechanic to charge people money. I'm not a mechanic. I've had no training I just fix my own problems and if I see someone with the same problem that I had in the past I tell them how I fixed it or what I would do to fix it. You have to keep in mind that the advice you get on a forum is just opinions from the general public, it's not a paid for professional service so it's all at your own risk. Once you pay a fee for a service it's a completely different.

 

I on the other hand am a fully qualified mechanic (car) but I would help via video but don't think I would want money off people off here as its not the done thing

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I was thinking most of @Richzx6r who I recall

Had had some bad luck employment wise :-)

I appreciate the free advice and I like this forum. Being in the zzr600 forum is nice but only as an adjunct to here :-)

Facebook is easy for videos and live streaming :-)

 

With your carbs I'd be happy to video call you through rebuilding them or helping with any problems and it would of course be free non obligated advice :thumb:

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While it is a good idea I wouldn't wan't to charge money for advice to be honest


That's the whole reason I set this place up so people can help each other for free :)


Plus as @WD-40 says I do it for myself and like to pass the information on


 

Have you considered joining the ZZR 600 Facebook group ? That's the quickest and easiest way to post videos . I could even pretend to have a ZZR and join myself . 😉

 

This just pushes people away from the forum :? on to a usually a place full of bell ends who just want to slate each other! I don't know what it is with Facebook groups but most of them attract a lot of undesirables who think its funny to rip each other apart forums don't seem to have that plus a lot of information gets lost on facebook groups and is a lot harder to search for.

That is not my experience Stu .

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Thanks fella, I’ll take you up on that if I need but this thread really is because it occurred to me I would pay for mechanic video support (in genera not just this case) and therefore so might others and someone could make none :-)

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Thanks fella, I’ll take you up on that if I need but this thread really is because it occurred to me I would pay for mechanic video support (in genera not just this case) and therefore so might others and someone could make none :-)

 

It sounds like a good idea on paper but the legalities and lack of knowledge about how to go about it are the problems

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Thanks fella, I’ll take you up on that if I need but this thread really is because it occurred to me I would pay for mechanic video support (in genera not just this case) and therefore so might others and someone could make none :-)

 

I shall forward you my number through pm should you need it :thumb:

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Thanks fella, I’ll take you up on that if I need but this thread really is because it occurred to me I would pay for mechanic video support (in genera not just this case) and therefore so might others and someone could make none :-)

 

I shall forward you my number through pm should you need it :thumb:

 

Thank you. :-)

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I think it's pretty much why youtube is popular, most procedures are on there somewhere.


If you want to give it ago I was trained on hgv;s if anyone has a problem with a scania 3 series gimme a shout.


Things I recommend, the v8 14ltr is particularly grunty


Things I don't recommend, dropping a starter on your chest, the lad that did it definitely didn't like it.

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I think it's pretty much why youtube is popular, most procedures are on there somewhere.


If you want to give it ago I was trained on hgv;s if anyone has a problem with a scania 3 series gimme a shout.


Things I recommend, the v8 14ltr is particularly grunty


Things I don't recommend, dropping a starter on your chest, the lad that did it definitely didn't like it.

 

What you like with jag x-type?

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I think it's pretty much why youtube is popular, most procedures are on there somewhere.


If you want to give it ago I was trained on hgv;s if anyone has a problem with a scania 3 series gimme a shout.


Things I recommend, the v8 14ltr is particularly grunty


Things I don't recommend, dropping a starter on your chest, the lad that did it definitely didn't like it.

 

What you like with jag x-type?

 

I've welded a few sills and told folk they should have bought the mondeo that's about my experience with them.

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The sister in law only charges £1.50 a minute if anyone wants to ring her :thumb:

She knows feck all about bikes though

 

Got a nice set of headlights :thumb:

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The sister in law only charges £1.50 a minute if anyone wants to ring her :thumb:

She knows feck all about bikes though

 

Got a nice set of headlights :thumb:

 

Cans*

 

*Eyes :D

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