Used to be a assistant manager at a quick change place long ago. Was also the trainer as well as the trouble shooter. Everyone was taught to oil gasket on filters then install snug then 1/8-1/4 turn by 'hand'. Some of the hardest to remove filters were installed at the dealer. Not too many people were able to open a hood on a Corvette once the inside latch cable broke. The manager, also the vice-president as well as MS USAF RET., didn't believe in trying to sell stuff not needed so we didn't. Many a time a customer asked for a trans fluid change and we refused but did refer them to a tansmission shop as would be the next stop if we did it any ways. A few of the older customers were informed they didn't need a oil change since they only drove about 3000 miles a year. "Please come see us in the spring", and they did, year after year. To this day I don't dry start a engine but fill the filter as full as I can first. Did we make mistakes? Of course we did. We are only human. Several of us had families depending on us. Were we young? At my age anyone in thier 20s is young but at that age we didn't feel that we were. Yes there were a couple high school kids that worked Saturdays and did the little things like wash windows and vacuum interiors.
I am by no means a mechanic but I know how to handle a wrench. I just have not experianced all that most on these boards have and that is why I come here to learn.
After a days work changing oil I went to a automotive machine shop and performed cylinder head refurbishing. Angle cutting heads to up compression or decking a block to square it up... While 5 angle valve jobs weren't the norm they weren't unheard of (3 angle seat and 2 angle valves were tho). After all mid 9s @ 143-145MPH in the 1/4 mile with a SBC takes more than a stock engine. Ever put Chevy valves in a Ford Pinto head? My boss/freind was a licenced Mr Goodwrench as well as a Honda licenced repairman.
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