[Tommy]

Glen - you make valid points. But there is a more fundamental issue here.

I am usually the person who has already done some research and not found the answer to my question before I post it. So I will ask either an open ended question or a very specific one. I find responses that don't address specific questions to be somewhat annoying. For example: "Who here has actually used Brand X carburetor?" Response: "My buddy has a Brand Y and he likes it a lot." That response was not useful IMHO.

On the other hand we have all seen a question from someone who plainly did not know what question they should have asked. Example: "My engine dies after about twenty minutes. What octane gasoline do you guys use?" . . . So the challenge for those of us who want to be helpful is to read between the lines and reply in a way that both answers the OP's question AND suggests the question they should have asked.

Getting back to this thread, it appears to me that someone answered the question he thought the OP should have asked and then lots of folks started down that path. I'm simply suggesting that it could have been better if members first answered the OP's specific question and then offered advice on the question he should have asked.