Shade tree mechanics

["'*Tess*' Teresa A McMillan" <tessmc@u.washington.edu>]

Okay, so I changed the earl & earl filter on my '88 80Q this weekend - 
FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!  (And I've actually gotta confess that I did it 
myself because I was too embarrassed to have anyone else see what my oil 
looks like.)   So, since I discovered it requires taking off an 
entire body panel and finding the little rubber hex nuts way the hell 
up in the wheel wells, does that qualify me as an Official Shade Tree 
Mechanic?

The second question is:  am I being stupid?  Do you usually let someone 
else do it for you?  The screws were all stripped, so it seemed whoever 
has done it before has not been very patient about getting the panel off...

Tess (lookin' for drips in Seattle) McMillan