[X-Newbies] Re: Upgrading from Panther to Tiger.

[Brian Durant]

Thanks to all. I upgraded to Tiger a couple of days ago and sooooo
far, everything seems to be OK.

Cheers,

Brian

On 9/21/05, Michael Winter <winter at mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 21, 2005, at 12:00 AM, Charles Martin wrote:
>
> > I'm always very surprised to see ANYONE having any trepidation
> > about this. It's not rocket science -- hell, it's not even changing
> > a lightbulb.
>
> Boy, you sound like my brother-in-law.
>
> I need to a new water pump in the mini van.
>
> He says, "no problem its not like its rocket science."
>
> 1. Drain the cooling system.
> 2. Remove the serpentine belt from the water pump.
> 3. Remove the water pump.
> 4. Reverse process.
> 5. Drive.
>
> Its as easy as that. He could do it in his sleep, but I haven't
> changed a water pump for over 20 years, and cars have changed a lot
> since then (or have they?).
>
> Its not about how easy or hard it is, its about inexperience -not
> knowing what could go wrong. That's what newbie lists are for.
>
> And Brian, Chas pretty well described what you need to do. If you
> have any questions on the particulars (like how to make a backup)
> this is a good place to post. I know there are books written on the
> topic of upgrades like this, but IMO they're overkill.
>
> -Mike
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