Thank you. Hopefully I encourage more than discourage, but being an analog guy in a digital world, its difficult for me. Us old men have the advantage here - big block Fords, Morepars, & Chebbys were on our streets and went at it stop light to stop light. We have been around these cars since they were new.
We have to pass our knowledge and experience along to the new kids on the block to keep the hobby alive, without coming across as a grouchy old man (which I fail at quite often!!)
I know today's crowd is different - "lets buy several new parts all at once and that will fix it" when no one even thought about using a compression gauge to see one cylinder has no compression.
No one "reads" a vacuum gauge, or a shop manual either (which is another issue of mine!) or understands electricity not only has to get to the component, it also has to get back to the battery.
As I said, I'm not a mechanic but know where the shop manual is and the importance of basic diagnosis.
Time for another cup of coffee!
We have to pass our knowledge and experience along to the new kids on the block to keep the hobby alive, without coming across as a grouchy old man (which I fail at quite often!!)
I know today's crowd is different - "lets buy several new parts all at once and that will fix it" when no one even thought about using a compression gauge to see one cylinder has no compression.
No one "reads" a vacuum gauge, or a shop manual either (which is another issue of mine!) or understands electricity not only has to get to the component, it also has to get back to the battery.
As I said, I'm not a mechanic but know where the shop manual is and the importance of basic diagnosis.
Time for another cup of coffee!
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