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Well I am a mechanic so I feel I must weigh in here. I am not a "parts changer". Having been turning wrenches since I was a boy I have almost a lifetime of experience, and my professional career spans over 35 years. I am an ASE certified Automotive and Truck Master Technician, a certification that a person does not get unless they know their stuff. My automotive related experience covers motorcycles, cars, trucks, all kinds of construction and farm equipment, utility equipment such as digger derricks, cranes and manlifts, portable generators, etc. I also and a certified Mobile Hydraulic Specialist through the Fluid Power Society. I have experience in metal fabrication and welding using oxyacetylene, stick, mig and tig. I worked in an autobody repair shop during my high school years. In the early nineties I was a crew member on a Winston West team, driving the semi, changing front tires during pit stops and helping with any and all work on the racecar and hauler. I have also been road racing a Datsun 240Z since 1989 on the West coast from Canada to Nothern California, and was the regional champion in my class in 1997 and have been runner up many times. I don't know everything there is to know and never will, and when I make a mistake I will be the first to admit it. The little black boxes on today's vehicles only serve to help us better diagnose what is wrong with a machine, even though the old timers seem to be afraid if them and the new guys tell you if the computer says everything is O.K. well then it must be so. I don't mess around, if I can't fix it it ain't broke. O.K. i'll get off of my soap box now. Bob Bob
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