I know what you mean, i refuse to take my car to a garage cause it comes back with more problems then before!!!!!!
If you've got a haynes manual just move step by step and start friday and spend all weekend doing it, plus get a buddy to help cause it's much quicker. I had to change my gear box a couple of months ago cause the diff blew and it ended up being a 4 day job cause i needed a oil seal on sunday when no one was open, so at least if you take it apart friday you still
have sat to get parts ! plus even if it takes you longer then you think your still learning something that you can do next time ! x
shely
March 2006