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Anytime ya work on things you'll sooner or later you'll cuss an engineer.
I love the story or how I've heard it, about the Lear jet company. Anytime they hired a new engineer they put him//her on the assembly line for six months. When they got cut or had to a contortionist, or had major problems with assembly they made note of it & when they got to the drawing board they improved things & thought ahead with new designs.
It's been said that Lear jets are very easy to work on. Mechanic friendly. Learjets are the biggest PITA. Great story, if true. I have maintained Lear 24, 25, 35, and 55 models- they are full of tiny, snap together [bleep] that breaks every time you touch it. Changing the battery is nearly impossible unless you are some scrawny little turd. Learjet=junk.
"I didn't realize we had so many snipers in this country." by J23
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Anytime ya work on things you'll sooner or later you'll cuss an engineer.
I love the story or how I've heard it, about the Lear jet company. Anytime they hired a new engineer they put him//her on the assembly line for six months. When they got cut or had to a contortionist, or had major problems with assembly they made note of it & when they got to the drawing board they improved things & thought ahead with new designs.
It's been said that Lear jets are very easy to work on. Mechanic friendly. Learjets are the biggest PITA. Great story, if true. I have maintained Lear 24, 25, 35, and 55 models- they are full of tiny, snap together [bleep] that breaks every time you touch it. Changing the battery is nearly impossible unless you are some scrawny little turd. Learjet=junk. Love my Gulfstream.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Also, said engineer should be made to replace every part of their designs before they can be sold. They need to know how bad their bright ideas are screwing their customers. Wholeheartedly agree. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/148495.jpg)
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I'm currently in the process of changing valve cover gaskets on a 4.0L SOHC in an Exploder.
Too pissed to take pictures of the # 8 intake manifold bolt search-and-remove mission.
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When my Wife and I were married she had a 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix that was in great shape. The first time that I changed the oil, I discovered that the oil filter was positioned horizontally and above the exhaust pipe, so I had to reach around a warm exhaust pipe to reach the filter and when I removed it warm oil dripped onto the warm exhaust pipe. Quite messy. My FIL installed after-market remote oil filters in the fender, so that they were easy to get to. Seemed like a great idea.
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Camp is where you make it.
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I will admit the "mud catcher" on my 16 F-150 is a bit of a pain but not horrible. The oil filter is strange being on top of the engine. But it is what it is.
Camp is where you make it.
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