Idle driving me crazy

[Bronco2Fan]

Trouble shooting is becoming a lost art it seems.

 

[weendoggy]

Trouble shooting is becoming a lost art it seems.

That's my favorite part! I transitioned from carb, to elect. carb, to mech efi, to elec efi and still like to mess around. I have friends that say I'm the mechanic's mechanic!

 

[weendoggy]

they/we get a lot of old cars back on the road here. Unfortunately modern mechanics are not taught proper troubleshooting methods short of plugging in the computer and reading what it tells them, and often doing that wrong. Every mechanic should learn the art of the technical tap I learned it my first freshmen year decades ago and it is amazing how many things I have figured out because of it.

I agree. It's like going to the parts store and asking for a specific part. First thing they ask is year, make, model etc. , or, it's not in the computer. Too damn funny these days.

 

[ttocs]

I agree. It's like going to the parts store and asking for a specific part. First thing they ask is year, make, model etc. , or, it's not in the computer. Too damn funny these days.

shit even when I do go in and tell them what part I still got the year/make/model routine. I was in to get some spark plugs and I have trickflow heads so the stock plugs are no good in them. I told the guy, named the plugs specifically and he still wanted to know. So I told him and he confirmed that the plugs I mentioned are not listed as fitting. I said for the 3rd time I know, repeated why and told him to get the plugs I wanted. I figured I was clear with my instructions and reasons and never even looked to make sure he got the right plugs and go figure, he grabbed what the confusor told him too get.