Stuff mechanics hear.....

[Rodnok1]

Originally Posted by ThomasTheGiraffe

So the bolts pulled out of the block and the result was a leaking head gasket?

Yep... 97 was the worst year statically from unscientific poll.

[thecornerman]

Originally Posted by ThomasTheGiraffe

So the bolts pulled out of the block and the result was a leaking head gasket?

I worked at Harvey Cadillac as a tech and 1 person did all of them, full time job.
I believe that it took 2 days each

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Originally Posted by thecornerman

I worked at Harvey Cadillac as a tech and 1 person did all of them, full time job.
I believe that it took 2 days each

So maybe $500.00 in parts and $1600.00 in labor give or take?

[Rodnok1]

Originally Posted by thecornerman

I worked at Harvey Cadillac as a tech and 1 person did all of them, full time job.
I believe that it took 2 days each

Not sure what book time is but that's about right. Took me a long time as had to order parts on the 98. Dropping the cradle the easy part.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by RMVette

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I helped a co-worker fix his brakes in our parking lot and they looked like this.

[Strats-N-Vettes]

Opti-Spark

[JetMechZ16]

Originally Posted by Strats-N-Vettes

Opti-Spark

Sputters-N-Stalls

[Strats-N-Vettes]

Originally Posted by JetMechZ16

Sputters-N-Stalls

[Mike Mercury]

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[JetMechZ16]

Originally Posted by Strats-N-Vettes

No no, Sputters-N-Stalls is what the mechanic hears as his customers try to drive away as he waves goodbye.

See that? I spelt "goodbye" correctly.

[thecornerman]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

Not sure what book time is but that's about right. Took me a long time as had to order parts on the 98. Dropping the cradle the easy part.

He pulled it out the top, had it out before noon
Tore it down to like the pic shows
It was all coming off anyways, said it took 8 hours off from the repair time

[thecornerman]

Originally Posted by ThomasTheGiraffe

So maybe $500.00 in parts and $1600.00 in labor give or take?

It was warranty but customer pay would be more like $4000

[Rodnok1]

Originally Posted by ThomasTheGiraffe

So maybe $500.00 in parts and $1600.00 in labor give or take?

Throw a few hundred on both if dealer work, 2500 usually.

I did the last one for about 1k total but I replaced a bunch of stuff besides HG.
Guy that sells studs gets over 700 just for studs IIRC. Ouch....

[Dan Dlabay]

I worked in quality for 35 years. The company I worked for is a supplier to automotive. 1 problem I have seen through the years is that many of the design engineers have no concept of how to produce a part they designed. Many times we would get prints and have go back to the customer and tell them this can't be done in a stamping operation. I did notice in the last several years our manufacturing was getting involved in customer design so that the part can be manufactured

[Hardluck]

Originally Posted by JetMechZ16

No no, Sputters-N-Stalls is what the mechanic hears as his customers try to drive away as he waves goodbye.

See that? I spelt "goodbye" correctly.

STFU

[73sbVert]

Originally Posted by RMVette

Hey, I are one....

Me too! A genuine "rocket scientist" no less!

Fortunately a lot of my technical years was a tech on various ships, figuring out how to make things work.
Then I got my engineering degree, but spent most of my time working on the assembly or test floor. Learned a lot of DFMA as well.

I'm NOT one of "those engineers"! Field test and engineering was my forte, especially for new development products (gun systems and missiles).

[73sbVert]

Originally Posted by JetMechZ16

If you design everything from your desk without actually doing a little field review work I'd be dragging you by the ear too. AND NO!!!! The 3d model does not suffice!

The LPD 17 project had a several month delay in that it was completely designed by CAD. Upon seeing the real thing, someone noticed that the well door operator could not see the safety lights from the console, since there was a huge ventilation shaft in the way.
Among other things...

The INSURV inspection message took 3 individual messages because the number of infractions was longer than the "REMARKS" section allowed, twice! (and that's LOTS of allowed characters in that field...)

The new LCS's are no better. I'm SOOOOO glad I'm not active duty anymore, no way would I take orders to go on ANY of these ships!

[09CTSV]

I could describe about a million screw ups from the arm chair designers. The last ship was a DDG, built well but with a bunch of items you would look at and think how the hell did they design that.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by Dan Dlabay

I worked in quality for 35 years. The company I worked for is a supplier to automotive. 1 problem I have seen through the years is that many of the design engineers have no concept of how to produce a part they designed. Many times we would get prints and have go back to the customer and tell them this can't be done in a stamping operation. I did notice in the last several years our manufacturing was getting involved in customer design so that the part can be manufactured

Best engineer I ever worked with / under was Claire Miller. Claire put himself thru college working in a machine shop at night.

I worked with him for 12 years before he retired and I could count all the mistakes he made on one hand with fingers left over.

[outrunm]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

Northstar engine, not as bad as you'd think. They seldom go bad since warm and dry location.
Beats laying on back under oily engine dropping exhaust for sure.
Now the crossover gaskets are a total bitch to change at 3 hrs plus.

Head gasket will fail long before the starter anyway..