Sure he could have approached the project differently but like the saying goes you never forget what you learn from a hard lesson.
I am sure there are more than a few of us here that started fixing and wrenching on equipment long before the internet was invented.
You only had a few options back then;
-Make a guess of what or where the problem was and dig in.
-Pay someone to fix it if you had any money.
-Go to a library and maybe find a shop manual for something similar then copy down what you read because they would not loan out reference material.
The first time I tore apart an automatic transmission the only specialty tools I had were a broomstick and a piece of plywood.
No manual, no mentor, no money and a blown transmission in my truck.
I found a used car transmission with a broken case that I bought for $30, I knew it would not fit my 4x4 but I knew most of the guts were the same.
Took them both apart laying everything out on the broomstick and sheet of plywood as I did not have the knowledge or a book to show me what goes where.
Spent a whole day transferring the guts into my case and low and behold I had a truck to drive to work by Monday morning.
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